Song · Krokus
“Ballroom Blitz” by Krokus
From the album The Blitz (1984)
“Ballroom Blitz” by Krokus appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2005. It was first released in 1984 on the album The Blitz. Its best result is #93 on the WFPK Top 100 Party Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,720 hard rock song of all time.
"Ballroom Blitz" finds Krokus reaching for a song by the writing team of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman on The Blitz, the Swiss hard rock band's eighth album, released in August 1984. Bruce Fairbairn produced it and Bob Rock engineered it.
The lineup in the studio was leaner than planned: the band had brought in Patrick Mahassen on guitar and moved Mark Kohler over to bass, but Mahassen was gone before the tapes rolled, so The Blitz was cut as a four-piece, with Andy Tanas taking the bass on the road afterward. The album went gold in the US, and its "Midnite Maniac" made Krokus the first Swiss act to reach the Billboard Hot 100.
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 | 617 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 2005 | 93 | WFPK | WFPK Top 100 Party Songs | 100 |
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