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Greg Kihn Band
Band United States Active 1978–2024
Greg Kihn Band formed in 1978 in the United States and was active until 2024. Greg Kihn Band has 48 chart appearances on 42 radio countdowns from 20 stations on RockLists, spanning 1982–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)”, which appears on 24 lists with a best position of #184. The station that charted Greg Kihn Band most often is Fred (XM 44) (XM Satellite Radio (national)), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1983.
The Greg Kihn Band was the brainchild of frontman Greg Kihn and bassist Steve Wright, a Beserkley Records outfit that played rock and roll the way a good bar band does it: short, sharp, catchy and with a wink. The wink was usually in the album titles. Rockihnroll in 1981, Kihntinued in 1982, Kihnspiracy in 1983, Kihntagious in 1984: nobody ever accused them of taking the pun too seriously.
The music behind the jokes was solid power pop with a hard rock backbone, driven by guitarists like Dave Carpender and Greg Douglass, with Larry Lynch and Gary Phillips in the ranks and, by some accounts, Joe Satriani and Robert Berry passing through too. "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" made it to 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Jeopardy" was the big one, from Kihnspiracy: a spooky, stomping synth-and-guitar strut that climbed all the way to number two on the Hot 100. "Testify" from Kihntinued and "Reunited" from Kihntagious kept the formula ticking.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Greg Kihn Band on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) | 24 | #184 | – | – | |
| 2 | Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) | 8 | #220 | – | – | |
| 3 | Jeopardy | 5 | #18 | – | 1983 | |
| 4 | Break Up Song | 3 | #273 | – | – | |
| 5 | The Breakup Song (They Don't W | 3 | #376 | – | – | |
| 6 | Breakup Song (They Don't …) | 2 | #351 | – | – | |
| 7 | Reunited | 2 | #1547 | – | – | |
| 8 | Testify | 1 | #1715 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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