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“Will The Wolf Survive?” by Los Lobos

From the album How Will the Wolf Survive? (1984)

“Will The Wolf Survive?” by Los Lobos appears on 21 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1989 and 2026. It was first released in 1984 on the album How Will the Wolf Survive?. Its best result is #238 on The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,608 alternative song of all time.

21countdowns

7stations

#238best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1989–2026years charted

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"Will the Wolf Survive?" was the second single from Los Lobos' How Will the Wolf Survive? in 1984, and Spin reckoned it was a song the Chicano rock band had been carrying around in their heads for 12 years. David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez wrote it, and T-Bone Burnett and Steve Berlin produced.

The track was cut with a drum machine. John Hiatt adds high harmonies on the chorus, and Cesar Rosas supplies a lead guitar line that Cash Box singled out for its melodic richness. It reached number 26 on the rock tracks chart.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#3,608 of all time

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1989	356	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989)	500
1991	369	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991)	500
1994	436	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)	500
1996	442	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)	498
1999	463	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)	500
1999	1771	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	484	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)	500
2000	1773	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	1773	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2001	1517	WFPK	WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time	2000
2002	1762	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2007	1924	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2009	412	WYEP	WYEP 913 Essential Songs	913
2019	1016	WYEP	WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019	1017
2019	1016	WYEP	WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019	1099
2020	1459	WXPN	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time	2020
2021	569	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s	909
2023	238	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s	850
2023	1203	WYEP	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023	1229
2026	787	WYEP	WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time	1180
2026	837	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound	1055

Also listed as: Will the Wolf Survive; Will The Wolf Survive; Will the Wolf Survive?.

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