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“Lonely Is The Night” by Billy Squier

From the album Don’t Say No (1981)

“Lonely Is The Night” by Billy Squier appears on 76 radio countdowns from 25 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1981 on the album Don’t Say No. Its best result is #36 on the KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #215 classic rock song of all time.

76countdowns
25stations
#36best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"Lonely Is the Night" kicks off side two of Don't Say No, Billy Squier's 1981 album, and it hits like a sledgehammer wrapped in velvet. Squier wrote it, sang it, played guitar and co-produced with Mack, who also recorded it; Bobby Chouinard's drums land with colossal weight, Cary Sharaf tears off the solo, and Mark Clarke and Alan St. Jon fill out the backing vocals.

The debt to Led Zeppelin is hard to miss, with an intro that echoes "Nobody's Fault but Mine" and a chorus that all but borrows "Good Times, Bad Times"; the Zeppelin biography Hammer of the Gods even joked that it was one of the best singles they ever made. It never actually came out as a single, and rock radio adopted it anyway.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 236 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1994 425 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 456 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 279 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 258 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 261 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1998 261 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 171 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 234 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2002 923 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2010 138 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 184 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 413 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 397 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 287 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 495 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 87 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 314 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 975 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 87 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 87 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 113 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 144 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 346 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2016 150 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 349 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 250 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 46 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2017 101 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 251 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 172 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 749 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 207 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 132 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 219 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 190 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 154 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 840 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 37 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 304 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 281 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 199 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2021 274 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 844 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 355 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 346 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 442 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 244 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2022 139 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 123 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 182 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 388 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 113 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 448 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 42 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 383 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 203 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 505 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 181 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 142 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 427 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 139 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2024 225 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 400 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 37 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 36 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 212 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 549 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 373 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 387 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 372 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 203 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 401 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2026 371 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 338 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 216 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Lonely Is the Night; Lonely is the Night.

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