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“Straight On” by Heart

From the album Dog & Butterfly (1978)

“Straight On” by Heart appears on 43 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 1978 and 2025. It was first released in 1978 on the album Dog & Butterfly. Its best result is #11 on the 102.9 The Whale Rocktober: Women That Rock 24. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #621 classic rock song of all time.

43countdowns
19stations
#11best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1978–2025years charted

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Straight On

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"Straight On" led off Heart's 1978 album Dog & Butterfly, and it shows the Wilson sisters flirting with the dance floor without giving up the guitars. Ann and Nancy Wilson wrote it with Sue Ennis, and Ann later called it Heart's first dance song: a mid-tempo rocker riding a funky bass line from Steve Fossen, with Michael Derosier's drums locked in tight. Roger Fisher and Howard Leese trade electric riffs, Nancy plays acoustic, and Ann's vocal soars over the lot. Mike Flicker produced it with the band.

The words play a gambling hand, a woman betting everything on her lover. It became Heart's third single to go top twenty in America, peaking at number fifteen on the Hot 100, and it has barely left their set list since; it was still in there on their 2016 tour.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1978 14 KISW Seattle-Tacoma, WA KISW Top 25 Rock Songs from 1978 25

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 342 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1994 978 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 991 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 953 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 277 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 311 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 888 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1998 913 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 977 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 274 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2002 969 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2004 363 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2011 395 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 233 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 1198 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 334 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 299 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 269 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 409 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 477 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 345 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 11 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Rocktober: Women That Rock 24 24
2016 331 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 343 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 378 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2017 408 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 353 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 358 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 703 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 289 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 596 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 778 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 301 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2022 560 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 369 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 65 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 629 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 273 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2024 136 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 281 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2025 270 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 488 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500

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Charting alongside it in 1978

Best songs of 1978 →
  1. 1Runnin' With The DevilVan Halen
  2. 2Who Are YouThe Who
  3. 3Fat Bottomed GirlsQueen
  4. 4Don't Fear the ReaperBlue Oyster Cult
  5. 5LightsJourney
  6. 6Miss YouThe Rolling Stones

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