Cover of Back in ’72 by Bob Seger
Cover: Back in ’72

Song · Bob Seger

“Turn The Page (Live)” by Bob Seger

From the album Back in ’72 (1973)

“Turn The Page (Live)” by Bob Seger appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2004 and 2024. It was first released in 1973 on the album Back in ’72. Its best result is #5 on the River 500 (2022). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,447 classic rock song of all time.

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#5best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
2004–2024years charted

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Bob Seger wrote "Turn the Page" in 1972 and first put it out on Back in '72 the following year, a song about the highs and hollow lows of life on the road that makes the working rock-and-roller's grind sound like a sentence being served. Seger and Punch Andrews share the production credit.

He wrote it while touring with Teegarden & Van Winkle, and drummer David Teegarden traced it to an all-night drive from the Detroit area toward a gig in the Dakotas, through a blinding snowstorm, that stopped for gas at an interstate truck stop around 3 a.m., with Seger and two bandmates' long hair stuffed up under their hats. It only became a single when the live take from 1976's Live Bullet was released in Germany and the UK, and album-rock and classic rock radio have leaned on it ever since.

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

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