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“Frankenstein” by Edgar Winter Group

From the album They Only Come Out at Night (1972)

“Frankenstein” by Edgar Winter Group appears on 74 radio countdowns from 29 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1972 on the album They Only Come Out at Night. Its best result is #53 on the WZLX Memorial 500 (2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,259 indie & aaa song of all time.

74countdowns
29stations
#53best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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Edgar Winter wrote "Frankenstein", the Edgar Winter Group put it on They Only Come Out at Night, their 1972 album for Epic, and Rick Derringer produced it. It's an instrumental, a hard rock brute with no singer at all, and in May 1973 that wordless beast sat on top of the Billboard Hot 100 for a week.

It sold more than a million copies and went gold in June, the same month it topped Canada's RPM chart and reached 18 in the UK, and it later got to 10 in Mexico and 39 in West Germany. "Free Ride" came next.

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

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 409 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1991 424 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1994 85 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 123 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 96 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1996 409 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1997 784 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 97 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 208 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1998 94 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 83 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2001 403 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2001 53 KISW KISW Top 99 Rock Songs (2001) 99
2002 53 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2002 152 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 151 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2011 112 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2011 228 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 113 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 269 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 260 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 109 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 329 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 392 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 387 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 271 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 250 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 877 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2014 995 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 327 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 328 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 121 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 324 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 121 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 401 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 669 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 420 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 410 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 427 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 492 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 466 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2020 488 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 460 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 184 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 408 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 499 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 391 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 333 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2022 507 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 216 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 478 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 152 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 245 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 468 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 749 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 482 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 73 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 468 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 637 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 87 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 376 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2024 483 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 373 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 140 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 478 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 92 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 499 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2025 344 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 436 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2025 579 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 99 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2026 1167 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180
2026 344 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 317 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Frankentstein.

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