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“Red House” by Jimi Hendrix

From the album Welcome to the Electric Circus (1994)

“Red House” by Jimi Hendrix appears on 23 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1994 and 2021. It was first released in 1994 on the album Welcome to the Electric Circus. Its best result is #239 on the WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,438 indie & aaa song of all time.

23countdowns

9stations

#239best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1994–2021years charted

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"Red House" is Jimi Hendrix doing the blues straight, a twelve-bar number he had worked up before the Jimi Hendrix Experience even existed, taking its cue from older blues songs, and one of the first things the band cut in 1966. Chas Chandler produced it, and it first came out in May 1967 on the British edition of Are You Experienced; American buyers got the Experience's singles in its place and had to wait until July 1969, when a second, similar take appeared on Smash Hits.

On stage it never went away, and Hendrix kept the words and the frame while bending the rest to the night, which is why so many live versions keep surfacing, Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival and Live in Maui among them. It also turns up on Welcome to the Electric Circus.

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

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

#2,438 of all time

Classic Rock

#1,210 of all time

Hard Rock & Metal

#431 of all time

All Rock Formats

#2,086 of all time

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1994	531	KISW	KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994)	1000
1995	263	KISW	KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995)	1000
1996	566	KISW	KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996)	1000
1997	453	102.3 WBAB	WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997)	1023
1998	532	KISW	KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998)	1000
1999	269	KISW	KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999)	998
2001	1453	WFPK	WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time	2000
2002	403	KISW	KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002)	999
2004	547	WXPN	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004)	885
2007	847	WTMD	WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time	897
2011	691	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011)	1100
2012	709	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012)	1200
2012	239	WXPN	WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012)	885
2013	714	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013)	1000
2014	560	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014)	1000
2014	247	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014)	400
2015	720	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015)	1007
2015	450	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015)	499
2016	483	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016	1007
2019	572	102.5 KZOK	KZOK Top 1025 of 2019	1025
2019	851	WYEP	WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019	1017
2019	851	WYEP	WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019	1099
2021	742	Q104.3	Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021)	1043

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