Song · Krokus
“Midnite Maniac” by Krokus
From the album The Blitz (1984)
“Midnite Maniac” by Krokus appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1984 on the album The Blitz. Its best result is #742 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,941 hard rock song of all time.
"Midnite Maniac" is the one that got Krokus onto the Billboard Hot 100, and when it did, the Swiss hard rockers became the first act from their country ever to make that chart. It comes off The Blitz, their eighth studio album, which hit the racks in August 1984. Marc Storace and Fernando von Arb wrote it together, words and music, with Bruce Fairbairn producing and Bob Rock at the desk as engineer.
The lineup behind it was not the one they had planned. Patrick Mahassen was drafted in on guitar, with Mark Kohler moving over to bass, but Mahassen was gone before the sessions began, so Krokus made The Blitz as a four-piece, and Andy Tanas handled bass on the road afterward.
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 | 742 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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