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“More than a Feeling” by Boston

“More than a Feeling” by Boston appears on 117 radio countdowns from 38 stations between 1982 and 2026. Its best result is #2 on the 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,394 alternative song of all time.

117countdowns
38stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
10top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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Boston announced itself in 1976 with "More Than a Feeling", the lead single from the band's self-titled debut on Epic, with "Smokin'" riding along on the flip. Tom Scholz wrote it by himself, words and music.

It's a big, bright, polished rock song with its heart on its sleeve, and it trades in exactly what its title promises: a feeling, chased hard and blown up to fill the biggest room it can find.

It entered the Hot 100 on September 18 and climbed to number five, and it has long since settled in as a staple of classic rock radio. The lists have been kind to it, too. VH1 ranked it 39th among the greatest hard rock songs ever in 2008, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame counted it among its 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll, and Rolling Stone, which had squeezed it in at number 500 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004, moved it all the way up to 212 in the 2021 edition.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 133 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1988 76 Studio Brussel Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1988) 100
1991 611 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1991 60 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1994 67 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 70 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 61 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1996 337 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1997 11 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 11 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 15 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1998 69 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 45 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2001 106 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2001 71 KISW KISW Top 99 Rock Songs (2001) 99
2002 21 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2002 72 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 104 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2004 84 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2005 141 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2006 220 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2009 645 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 75 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2010 253 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 22 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 131 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 132 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 442 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2012 8 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 181 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 201 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 7 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 208 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 123 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 4 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 18 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 19 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2014 10 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 447 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2015 7 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 17 101 The Fox 101 The Fox Labor Day 500 (2015) 25
2015 196 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 57 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 15 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2016 7 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 46 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 17 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 22 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 22 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2017 7 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 15 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 22 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 11 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2018 13 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2018 270 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 172 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 90 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 39 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 110 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 18 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 19 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 44 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 85 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 73 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 11 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 28 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 13 97.1 The River River 500 (2020) 47
2021 12 KISW KISW 25 Greatest Rock Songs from the 1970s 25
2021 61 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 56 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 149 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 12 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 261 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 48 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 13 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2022 32 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 37 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 27 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 51 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 21 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 49 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 8 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 92 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 19 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 15 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 2 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 15 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 28 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 6 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 48 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 44 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 811 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 71 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 19 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 24 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2024 66 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 28 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 80 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 44 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 199 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 44 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 64 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 62 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 52 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 95 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738
2025 47 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 14 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 30 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 36 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2025 69 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 33 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2026 29 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 138 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499
2026 16 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 131 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180
2026 19 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 42 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: More Than A Feeling; More Than a Feeling.

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