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“Some Heads Are Gonna Roll” by Judas Priest
From the EP Defenders of the Faith (1984)
“Some Heads Are Gonna Roll” by Judas Priest appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2002. It was first released in 1984 on the EP Defenders of the Faith. Its best result is #377 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #909 hard rock song of all time.
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"Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" came off Defenders of the Faith, Judas Priest's 1984 album, and went out as a single later that year, and it was written from outside the band: Bob Halligan Jr., of Ceili Rain, wrote the words and the music. Priest made it their own anyway. Rob Halford sings lead, Ian Hill plays bass and Dave Holland drums, and the guitar solo is split down the middle, Glenn Tipton taking the first half and K. K. Downing the second. Tom Allom produced it and Mark Dodson engineered.
The single backed it with a live "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" from the US Festival in California in 1983, and after 9/11 it landed on the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum's list of banned songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 377 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 803 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 992 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 2002 | 430 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
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