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“What's Your Name” by Lynyrd Skynyrd

From the album Street Survivors (1977)

“What's Your Name” by Lynyrd Skynyrd appears on 78 radio countdowns from 28 stations between 1994 and 2026. It was first released in 1977 on the album Street Survivors. Its best result is #27 on the DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023).

78countdowns
28stations
#27best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1994–2026years charted

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"What's Your Name" throws open Street Survivors, Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1977 album, with a grin and a bar tab. Ronnie Van Zant and Gary Rossington wrote it in Miami with producer Tom Dowd and Steve Cropper of Booker T. & the M.G.'s, and it's a road story from the band's own life: one verse comes from a night when a roadie got into a fight in their hotel bar, they got thrown out and simply moved to another room to order champagne. The city in the lyric isn't where it happened; Van Zant swapped it in after learning his younger brother Donnie's band 38 Special would kick off its first national tour there.

Van Zant sings lead with Steve Gaines alongside, while Allen Collins, Gaines and Rossington pile on the electric guitars over Billy Powell's keys, Leon Wilkeson's bass and Artimus Pyle's drums. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and six in Canada.

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

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 239 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 222 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 190 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 317 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 69 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 257 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1998 165 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 211 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2001 72 KISW KISW Top 99 Rock Songs (2001) 99
2002 276 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2002 169 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2004 275 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 94 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 307 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 123 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 102 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 124 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 620 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 245 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 212 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 309 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 468 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2014 95 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 196 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 626 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 399 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 229 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 221 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 315 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 85 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 243 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 316 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2017 326 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 312 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 393 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2018 303 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2018 327 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 308 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 1009 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 77 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 299 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 335 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 162 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 843 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 73 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 158 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 42 97.1 The River River 500 (2020) 47
2021 311 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 161 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 298 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 207 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2022 604 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 95 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 241 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 427 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 250 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 81 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 326 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 398 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2023 408 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 497 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 241 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 178 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 261 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 27 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 376 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2024 400 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 187 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 199 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 723 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 158 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 64 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 375 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2025 372 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 447 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 962 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 150 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 302 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: What's Your Name?; Whats Your Name.

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