Song · HSAS
“Top of the Rock” by HSAS
From the album Through the Fire (1984)
“Top of the Rock” by HSAS appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1984 on the album Through the Fire. Its best result is #715 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,894 hard rock song of all time.
"Top of the Rock" comes from Through the Fire, the one and only studio album by HSAS, the band whose initials spell out its lineup: Sammy Hagar, Neal Schon, Kenny Aaronson and Michael Shrieve. Hagar and Schon wrote it and produced it together; Hagar sings, Schon plays guitar, Aaronson holds down the bass and Shrieve pounds the drums. Don Smith recorded it and Greg Ladanyi mixed.
The whole album was cut live, with guitar overdubs laid on afterward, so what you get is four players locked in a room and going for it. Its lone single wasn't even one of their own songs: a cover of Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale" that crept to number 94 on the Hot 100.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 715 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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