Song · Krokus
“Screaming in the Night” by Krokus
From the album Headhunter (1983)
“Screaming in the Night” by Krokus appears on 8 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1990 and 2026. It was first released in 1983 on the album Headhunter. Its best result is #104 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,600 classic rock song of all time.
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"Screaming in the Night" is the moment Swiss hard rockers Krokus eased off the stampede, a power ballad pulled from Headhunter, their seventh studio album, as its second single in 1983. Fernando von Arb, Chris von Rohr and Mark Kohler wrote the music, Marc Storace supplied the words, and Tom Allom produced, with Andy deGanahl engineering.
It gave them their biggest hit, then and since, reaching 21 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and hanging around for 12 weeks. The video, shot at San Francisco's Baker Beach early that year like the clip for "Eat the Rich", went into MTV rotation. The song got a second wind in 1986, when a special 12-inch edition and a live video helped push the concert album Alive and Screamin'.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 104 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 437 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 434 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 376 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 673 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 646 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 552 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2026 | 448 | KSHE 95 | KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) | 499 |
Also listed as: Screaming In The Night; Screaming Iin The Night.
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