Song · Dio
“Rock 'n Roll Children” by Dio
From the album Sacred Heart (1985)
“Rock 'n Roll Children” by Dio appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1985 on the album Sacred Heart. Its best result is #804 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,056 hard rock song of all time.
Dio lifted "Rock 'n Roll Children" off Sacred Heart in 1985 as the band's sixth single, and in Britain it became the biggest hit they ever had, reaching 26 on the singles chart that August, the same spot it hit on Billboard's Top Album Tracks. Ronnie James Dio wrote it alone and produced it, singing over Vivian Campbell's guitar, Jimmy Bain's bass, Vinny Appice's drums and Claude Schnell's keyboards.
The video is a heavy metal fairy tale: Dio plays a magician watching a young runaway couple in his crystal ball, the boy having swapped his rock star dreams for a steadier job. A storm drives them into an antique shop and off into a strange realm of their own troubles, and they come back with the dream alive again.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 804 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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