Song · Judas Priest
“Locked In” by Judas Priest
From the album Turbo (1986)
“Locked In” by Judas Priest appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1986 on the album Turbo. Its best result is #529 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,579 hard rock song of all time.
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"Locked In" comes off Turbo, the tenth studio album from English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on Columbia in 1986: the record where they went for a slicker, commercial glam metal sound and brought in synthesizers for the first time. Kenneth Downing, Rob Halford and Glenn Tipton wrote and arranged it together. Halford sings lead, Downing and Tipton share the guitars and the solos, Ian Hill plays bass and Dave Holland drums.
Tom Allom produced, then mixed it with engineer Bill Dooley and the two guitarists. Turbo was the surviving half of a bigger plan, a double album to be called Twin Turbos, one half radio-friendly and the other all-out aggression. The idea was scrapped and the more commercial songs landed here, with lyrics that swapped sci-fi and fantasy for love and romance.
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 | 529 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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