Song · Bob Seger
“Feel Like A Number” by Bob Seger
“Feel Like A Number” by Bob Seger appears on 9 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2004 and 2023. Its best result is #138 on The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,514 classic rock song of all time.
Bob Seger wrote "Feel Like a Number" for Stranger in Town, the 1978 album he made with the Silver Bullet Band, and it's his blue-collar broadside: an ordinary working man who feels overlooked and undervalued by a cold, impersonal modern world, interchangeable to his coworkers, the phone company and the tax man alike, until at the very end he pushes back and demands to be seen as a person. Billboard's Ed Harrison heard a spirited, anthem-like rocker that voiced the grievances of the working class; Ultimate Classic Rock's Jim Allen called it a "rough-hewn proletarian anthem".
It also served as the flip side of "Still the Same", a top 5 single; a live version from Nine Tonight went out as a single in 1981, and that same year it turned up in the film Body Heat.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 663 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) | 923 |
| 2011 | 1097 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) | 1100 |
| 2011 | 138 | 97.9 The Loop | The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) | 500 |
| 2012 | 1056 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) | 1200 |
| 2016 | 432 | Qfm96 | Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) | 500 |
| 2020 | 591 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) | 1025 |
| 2021 | 318 | WCSX | WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) | 499 |
| 2022 | 450 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2023 | 717 | 101.5 WPDH | WPDH Top 1015 (2023) | 1015 |
Also listed as: Feel Like a Number.
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