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“Freeze Frame” by J. Geils Band

From the album Freeze‐Frame (1981)

“Freeze Frame” by J. Geils Band appears on 24 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1997 and 2025. It was first released in 1981 on the album Freeze‐Frame. Its best result is #269 on the 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022).

24countdowns
13stations
#269best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1997–2025years charted

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"Freeze-Frame" is the title track and opening shot of the J. Geils Band's 1981 album, the record that went all the way to the top, and early in 1982 it came out on a 45 as the follow-up to the smash "Centerfold". Seth Justman and Peter Wolf wrote it, and Justman ran the board: he produced and arranged it, with David Thoener engineering. Record World singled out Justman's bouncing keyboard lines and a slap-happy beat carrying Wolf's lead vocal, and there's a full horn section in the mix, with Randy Brecker, Ronnie Cuber, Tom "Bones" Malone, Lou Marini, Al Rubin and George Young all on brass.

Billboard called it a "zesty, exuberant rocker", and Ultimate Classic Rock's Michael Gallucci later ranked it seventh among the band's greatest songs. Its flip side, "Flamethrower", found an audience of its own on urban contemporary radio.

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

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 520 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
2002 415 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2011 561 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2011 282 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 564 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 420 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2013 419 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 451 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 880 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 538 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 594 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 383 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 888 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 461 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2017 493 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2021 553 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2021 309 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2022 442 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 499 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 269 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2023 727 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 446 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 499 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2025 478 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800

Also listed as: Freeze-Frame; Freeze-frame.

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