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“American Woman” by Lenny Kravitz

Released 1998

“American Woman” by Lenny Kravitz appears on 33 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 1999 and 2026. It was first released in 1998. Its best result is #10 on the 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #40 alternative song of 1999, #4,759 alternative song of all time and #240 of the '90s.

33countdowns
22stations
#10best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1999–2026years charted

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Lenny Kravitz - American Woman (Official Music Video)

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Lenny Kravitz took on "American Woman" in 1998, a song first cut by Canada's the Guess Who in 1970, and he did it strictly on his own terms: he arranged it, produced it and sang lead, with Terry Manning engineering and mixing. The songwriting credit still belongs to Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale and Garry Peterson, but the feel is pure Kravitz, the riff reworked into a thick, strutting funk-rock groove, the guitars fat and fuzzy, the vocal dripping retro cool. It sounds less like an homage than a claim of ownership.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 48 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 107
1999 33 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 91
1999 46 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 106
1999 36 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 101
1999 93 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 100
1999 40 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 92
1999 97 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 99
1999 19 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 89
1999 42 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 103
1999 27 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 56 CRNC 90.1 CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of the '90s 91
1999 276 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 463 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
2002 273 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2005 661 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 416 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2009 81 CFNY 102.1 The Edge The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge 200
2010 161 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 200
2011 10 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s 102
2020 338 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 358 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 328 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 12 KISW KISW 25 Greatest Rock Covers 25
2022 299 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2023 503 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 299 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 940 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 242 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 52 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850
2025 339 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2025 293 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 715 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917
2026 242 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

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