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“Everything Works If You Let It” by Cheap Trick
From the EP Found All the Parts (1980)
“Everything Works If You Let It” by Cheap Trick appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1980. It was first released in 1980 on the EP Found All the Parts. Its best result is #106 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #106 alternative song of 1980.
Cheap Trick went to the movies in 1980: "Everything Works If You Let It" came out on Epic as a single from the soundtrack to Roadie, a Rick Nielsen song with George Martin producing and Geoff Emerick recording it. The trades ate it up. Cash Box made it a feature pick in May 1980, hearing Nielsen's buzzsaw guitar set a breakneck pace while Robin Zander's Beatlesque vocals landed a pop punch over the rhythm section of Petersson and Carlos. Record World called it a sure-fire adrenalin rush and toasted the meeting of Martin's pop production with the band's rock recklessness, and Billboard heard an uptempo rocker stamped with the group's trademark pop innocence.
It climbed to 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 40 on Canada's RPM singles chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 106 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980 | 106 |
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