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Damn Yankees
Band United States Active 1989–2001
Damn Yankees formed in 1989 in the United States and was active until 2001. Damn Yankees has 20 chart appearances on 16 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 1990–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “High Enough”, which appears on 15 lists with a best position of #167. The station that charted Damn Yankees most often is 106.7 WLLZ (Detroit, MI), with 7 appearances.
Damn Yankees were the classic-rock supergroup nobody saw coming in 1989: Tommy Shaw from Styx and Jack Blades from Night Ranger trading lead vocals on guitar and bass, Ted Nugent of the Amboy Dukes hauling in his guitar, and Michael Cartellone, later of Lynyrd Skynyrd, pounding the drums. Veterans of three different bands, and the result was exactly as loud as you'd expect.
The self-titled debut came out on Warner Bros. in 1990, and it's big, glossy hard rock with the harmonies of a pop band and the guitar crunch of a bar fight. "Coming of Age" is the calling card, a fist-pumping anthem, while "Bad Reputation", "Piledriver" and the title track let Nugent off the leash.
They're best remembered, though, for "High Enough" and "Where You Goin' Now", both Top 40 hits in the early '90s, proof that the bruisers had more than one gear.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Damn Yankees on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High Enough | 15 | #167 | – | – | |
| 2 | Coming of Age | 2 | #193 | – | – | |
| 3 | Damn Yankees | 1 | #531 | – | – | |
| 4 | Bad Reputation | 1 | #673 | – | – | |
| 5 | Piledriver | 1 | #880 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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