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“Dr. Feelgood” by Motley Crue

From the album Dr. Feelgood (1989)

“Dr. Feelgood” by Motley Crue appears on 64 radio countdowns from 25 stations between 1990 and 2026. It was first released in 1989 on the album Dr. Feelgood. Its best result is #37 on the KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #304 classic rock song of all time.

64countdowns
25stations
#37best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1990–2026years charted

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Motley Crue - Dr Feelgood (1989) - Full Album

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"Dr. Feelgood" gave Mötley Crüe's fifth album its title and its lead single in 1989, and it's a tour of the Los Angeles Sunset Strip from the dealer's corner: Nikki Sixx's words sketch a drug pusher working his trade, and they're sharper and craftier than anything the band had written before. Mick Mars and Sixx built it on a slinky funk-rock groove instead of the old straight-ahead riffing, Tommy Lee swings it hard, and Vince Neil sneers across the top. Bob Rock produced it and mixed it with Randy Staub, and he makes the whole thing strut.

It became their first American top ten hit and their only gold single in the US, and VH1 put it at 15th on its 2009 ranking of the best hard rock songs ever.

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

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 157 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000
1999 423 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 183 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2010 166 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2012 670 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 972 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 321 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2014 594 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 296 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 976 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 296 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 392 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 423 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 489 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 268 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 489 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2018 416 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 491 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 407 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 288 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 128 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 272 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2020 350 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 947 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 117 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 181 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2021 307 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2021 389 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 97 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 237 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 261 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 123 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2022 128 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 479 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 388 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 368 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 113 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 280 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 76 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 487 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2023 78 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 133 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 916 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 482 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 87 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 113 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 300 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 113 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 81 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 361 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 101 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 673 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 297 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 37 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 79 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 218 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 84 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 1030 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 157 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 81 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2026 258 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 72 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 198 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 363 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Dr Feelgood; Dr.feelgood; Dr.Feelgood; Dr. Feel Good.

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