Song · Linda Ronstadt
“Heart Like A Wheel” by Linda Ronstadt
From the album Heart Like a Wheel (1974)
“Heart Like A Wheel” by Linda Ronstadt appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 1974 on the album Heart Like a Wheel. Its best result is #1621 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,082 indie & aaa song of all time.
The title song of Heart Like a Wheel belongs to Anna McGarrigle, who wrote the words and the music, and Linda Ronstadt handed it the name of the whole album when it came out in November 1974. The setting is chamber-sized: David Campbell on viola, Dennis Karmazyn on cello and Richard Feves on double bass, with Andrew Gold at the piano, David Lindley on fiddle and Maria Muldaur singing background vocals. Val Garay and David Hassinger recorded it.
The album was a strange sort of farewell. Ronstadt was already signed to Asylum, with her first album for the new label out, but her contract still owed Capitol one more, and this was it. It became her first album to top the Billboard 200, and it is widely taken as her breakthrough.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1621 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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