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“Must Of Got Lost” by J. Geils Band

From the album Nightmares…and Other Tales From the Vinyl Jungle (1974)

“Must Of Got Lost” by J. Geils Band appears on 20 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2002 and 2025. It was first released in 1974 on the album Nightmares…and Other Tales From the Vinyl Jungle. Its best result is #12 on the 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #663 classic rock song of all time.

20countdowns

8stations

#12best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

2002–2025years charted

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"Must of Got Lost" is the J. Geils Band at their most radio-ready, a 1974 single from Nightmares...and Other Tales From the Vinyl Jungle that climbed to number 12 the next year. Even the mangled grammar of the title, a classic eggcorn, somehow works in its favor.

The trades heard it right away. Billboard called the melody one long hook and the sound funky, and Record World tagged it the band's most commercial AM effort in a while. The band shares the writing credit. Its second life came on Blow Your Face Out, where a live take opens with a long spoken intro from Peter Wolf, and that version became the one album rock stations kept playing.

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

RockLists rankings

Classic Rock

#663 of all time

All Rock Formats

#1,554 of all time

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2002	793	92.3 KGON	KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002)	923
2002	19	100.7 WZLX	WZLX Memorial 500 (2002)	500
2011	12	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011)	1100
2012	12	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012)	1200
2013	23	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013)	500
2013	30	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013)	1000
2014	43	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014)	400
2014	25	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014)	1000
2015	37	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015)	499
2015	30	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015)	1007
2016	68	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016	1007
2016	405	Qfm96	Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016)	500
2021	408	WCSX	WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021)	499
2022	22	WMGK	WMGK Philly 500 (2022)	500
2023	976	101.5 WPDH	WPDH Top 1015 (2023)	1015
2023	57	WMGK	WMGK Philly 500 (2023)	500
2023	983	Q104.3	Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023)	1043
2024	473	KSHE 95	KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024)	500
2024	468	Qfm96	Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024)	498
2025	468	Qfm96	Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025)	498

Also listed as: Musta Got Lost; Must of Got Lost; Must Got Lost.

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