Song · Judas Priest
“Ram It Down” by Judas Priest
From the album Ram It Down (1988)
“Ram It Down” 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 #698 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,869 hard rock song of all time.
"Ram It Down" gave its name to Judas Priest's 11th studio album, out on Columbia in 1988, but the song goes back to 1986 and Twin Turbos, the double album the band had in mind, one half tuneful and radio-minded, the other harder and lighter on synths. Columbia wouldn't go for it, the project was split into Turbo and Ram It Down, and this was one of the songs written for the original plan.
Rob Halford, Kenneth Downing and Glenn Tipton wrote and arranged it. Halford sings, Downing and Tipton play the electric guitars, Ian Hill plays bass and Dave Holland drums, on what turned out to be his last album with the band. Tom Allom produced, and it was the last Priest album he would produce for 30 years.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 698 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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