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Bonnie Raitt
Solo artist Burbank United States
Bonnie Raitt is an artist from Burbank. Bonnie Raitt has 91 chart appearances on 51 radio countdowns from 16 stations on RockLists, spanning 1991–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Angel from Montgomery”, which appears on 13 lists with a best position of #8. The station that charted Bonnie Raitt most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 27 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2022.
Bonnie Raitt, born in Burbank in 1949, spent the '70s as the singer-guitarist every roots musician wanted in the room. Her self-titled debut came in 1971, and records like Give It Up, Takin My Time and Streetlights, with "Love Has No Pride" and "Angel from Montgomery", won her critics' hearts with a warm, bruised blend of blues, rock, country and folk. She sat in with everyone from Warren Zevon and Little Feat to Jackson Browne, John Prine and Leon Russell.
What she didn't get was hits, at least not for years. Then came Nick of Time in 1989, her tenth studio album, and the dam broke: it went to number one on the Billboard 200, won the Grammy for Album of the Year and has since been picked for the National Recording Registry. Luck of the Draw and Longing in Their Hearts sold by the millions, with the sly strut of "Something to Talk About" and "I Can't Make You Love Me", a devastating, hushed ballad with Bruce Hornsby on piano and Raitt's voice doing all the aching.
The honors have piled up since: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, 13 competitive Grammys, and Kennedy Center Honors in 2024. Her 2022 single "Just Like That" even won Song of the Year, decades after she started.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Bonnie Raitt on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angel from Montgomery | 13 | #8 | – | – | |
| 2 | I Can't Make You Love Me | 14 | #121 | – | – | |
| 3 | Made Up Mind | 9 | #2 | – | 2022 | |
| 4 | Something to Talk About | 5 | #102 | – | – | |
| 5 | Just Like That | 4 | #5 | – | 2024 | |
| 6 | Right Down The Line | 5 | #8 | – | 2012 | |
| 7 | Nick of Time | 6 | #102 | – | – | |
| 8 | Used To Rule The World | 4 | #36 | – | 2012 | |
| 9 | Thing Called Love | 6 | #437 | – | – | |
| 10 | Love Has No Pride | 3 | #460 | – | – | |
| 11 | Since I Fell For You | 1 | #698 | – | – | |
| 12 | The Road's My Middle Name | 1 | #331 | – | – | |
| 13 | Not the Only One | 1 | #344 | – | – | |
| 14 | Time Of Our Lives | 1 | #379 | – | – | |
| 15 | I Will Not Be Broken | 1 | #441 | – | – | |
| 16 | Blender Blues | 2 | #629 | – | – | |
| 17 | Finest Lovin' Man | 1 | #1341 | – | – | |
| 18 | Fundamental Things | 1 | #1409 | – | – | |
| 19 | Dimming of the Day | 1 | #640 | – | – | |
| 20 | Write Me A Few Of Your Lines / Kokomo Blues | 1 | #643 | – | – | |
| 21 | Gypsy in Me | 2 | #86 | – | 2016 | |
| 22 | Have a Heart | 1 | #706 | – | – | |
| 23 | Love Me Like a Man | 2 | #860 | – | – | |
| 24 | Let's Give Them Something to Talk About | 1 | #1719 | – | – | |
| 25 | Take My Love with You | 1 | #78 | – | 2012 | |
| 26 | Down To You | 1 | #90 | – | 2012 | |
| 27 | Love Sneakin' Up On You | 1 | #1085 | – | – | |
| 28 | I Know | 1 | #2001 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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