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“Flirtin' With Disaster” by Molly Hatchet

From the album Flirtin’ With Disaster (1979)

“Flirtin' With Disaster” by Molly Hatchet appears on 52 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1979 on the album Flirtin’ With Disaster. Its best result is #129 on the Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #485 classic rock song of all time.

52countdowns
22stations
#129best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"Flirtin' with Disaster" is the title track and lone single from Molly Hatchet's second album, out on Epic in 1979, and it's Southern rock with the throttle jammed wide open. Danny Joe Brown, Dave Hlubek and Banner Thomas wrote it between them, and Tom Werman's production keeps the guitars bright and the boogie running hot, a getaway-car song if ever there was one.

It became the band's best-loved tune, spending 10 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping out at 42 in March 1980, and it has had a long second life on screen: The Dukes of Hazzard, Straw Dogs, My Name Is Earl, King of the Hill and the Rock Band video game all put it to work. The band re-recorded it for Greatest Hits II in 2011.

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

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 241 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1994 380 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 432 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 491 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 238 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1998 527 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 473 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 283 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 282 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 240 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 553 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2011 428 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2012 555 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 382 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 490 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 476 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 183 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2014 314 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2014 440 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 453 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 384 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 476 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 694 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 129 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 489 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2017 258 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2017 419 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2018 409 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 499 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 498 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2020 493 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 374 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2021 398 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 260 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 254 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 435 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 277 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2023 513 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 199 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 807 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 455 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 455 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 382 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 495 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 208 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 260 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 216 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2025 250 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 939 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 201 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 354 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2026 384 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Flirtin With Disaster; Flirtin' with Disaster; Flirtin with Disaster.

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