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“Badge” by Cream

From the album Goodbye (1969)

“Badge” by Cream appears on 44 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1969 on the album Goodbye. Its best result is #58 on the KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #510 indie & aaa song of all time.

44countdowns
18stations
#58best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"Badge" turned up on Goodbye, Cream's final album, in February 1969, and it's a lean, tuneful goodbye that's over in a flash. Eric Clapton wrote it with George Harrison, who also sits in on guitar, and the title was an accident. Harrison had scrawled "bridge" above the middle section, Clapton read the sheet upside down, took the word for "badge" and cracked up, and the name stuck.

Felix Pappalardi produced it and added piano and mellotron, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker keep things unusually light on their feet, and Clapton sings it himself. The moment the song swings into that misnamed bridge, with the guitar ringing out like a bell, is the high point. It went to 18 in Britain and 60 on the Hot 100 in America.

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

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 108 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1991 66 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1997 358 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 275 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 286 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
2002 58 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 520 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2004 377 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2007 292 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2009 337 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2011 213 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 180 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 124 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2012 181 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 174 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 126 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2014 121 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 638 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2014 355 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2014 856 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 358 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 255 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 173 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 736 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 657 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2019 453 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 284 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 453 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2020 518 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 447 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 526 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 416 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 433 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 1002 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2022 977 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2023 806 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 429 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2024 331 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 316 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 380 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2025 442 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2026 106 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499
2026 310 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 943 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

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