Song · Bob Seger
“Still the Same” by Bob Seger
“Still the Same” by Bob Seger appears on 17 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1991 and 2025. Its best result is #170 on the WZLX Memorial 500 (2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,033 classic rock song of all time.
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Bob Seger wrote and recorded "Still the Same" in 1978, and Capitol sent it out ahead of "Hollywood Nights"; it climbed to No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and did well far beyond America too. It's a midtempo ballad that rolls in on a catchy piano part, and the harmony vocals from Venetta Fields, Clydie King and Sherlie Matthews lend it a warm R&B glow.
The story belongs to a gambler the singer once looked up to and finally walks away from, because the man refuses to change. People have been asking Seger for years who the gambler really was, and his answer is that there's no single model: the character is stitched together from people he met when he first went out to Hollywood.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 442 | WNEW-FM | WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 1997 | 423 | 100.7 WZLX | WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) | 499 |
| 2002 | 170 | 100.7 WZLX | WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2011 | 408 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) | 1100 |
| 2012 | 414 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) | 1200 |
| 2012 | 426 | Big 100 | BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) | 500 |
| 2015 | 353 | 102.9 The Whale | 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) | 500 |
| 2021 | 239 | WCSX | WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) | 499 |
| 2022 | 227 | 97.1 The River | River 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2023 | 331 | 97.1 The Drive | 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2023 | 415 | Qfm96 | Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2023 | 544 | 101.5 WPDH | WPDH Top 1015 (2023) | 1015 |
| 2023 | 418 | KSHE 95 | KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2024 | 417 | Qfm96 | Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) | 498 |
| 2024 | 809 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) | 1043 |
| 2025 | 412 | Qfm96 | Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) | 498 |
| 2025 | 889 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) | 1043 |
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