Song · Judas Priest
“Johnny B. Goode” by Judas Priest
From the album Ram It Down (1988)
“Johnny B. Goode” by Judas Priest appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1988 on the album Ram It Down. Its best result is #628 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,735 hard rock song of all time.
Judas Priest dragged Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" onto Ram It Down, their 11th studio album, which Columbia released in May 1988. Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton and Kenneth Downing arranged it and co-produced it with Tom Allom, the last Priest album he would produce for 30 years. Halford sings, Tipton and Downing play the electric guitars, Ian Hill plays bass and Dave Holland drums, on what turned out to be the longtime drummer's last album with the band.
Ram It Down itself grew out of a scrapped plan for a double album called Twin Turbos, one half melodic and commercial, the other heavier. Columbia balked at the idea, and the songs were split between 1986's Turbo and this record.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 628 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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