Artist · chart history
Nazareth
Band Dunfermline United Kingdom Formed 1968
Nazareth formed in 1968 in Dunfermline, United Kingdom. Nazareth has 134 chart appearances on 86 radio countdowns from 29 stations on RockLists, spanning 1982–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Hair of the Dog”, which appears on 72 lists with a best position of #29. The station that charted Nazareth most often is KISW (Seattle-Tacoma, WA), with 16 appearances.
Nazareth came roaring out of Dunfermline, Scotland, in 1968, with Dan McCafferty's gravel-and-broken-glass voice up front, Manny Charlton alongside him and Pete Agnew there from day one. By the early '70s they were racking up hits in the UK, Canada and across Europe, a no-nonsense hard-rock outfit that hit like a brick and didn't bother apologising.
Hair of the Dog, in 1975, is the one that took them worldwide, the United States included. The title track is a sleazy, stomping riff-monster, and on the other side of the ledger sits their cover of the ballad "Love Hurts", McCafferty tearing every raw nerve out of it until it sounds like it hurts to sing. Expect No Mercy in 1977 made good on its title, and Malice in Wonderland in 1980 offered the easier, rolling "Holiday".
Charlton stayed until 1990 and McCafferty until 2013, but Agnew never left, and with Jimmy Murrison on guitar and Lee Agnew on drums, Nazareth have kept recording and touring for more than 50 years.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Nazareth on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hair of the Dog#494 of all time | 72 | #29 | – | – | |
| 2 | Love Hurts | 51 | #94 | – | – | |
| 3 | Holiday | 8 | #418 | – | – | |
| 4 | This Flight Tonight | 1 | #214 | – | – | |
| 5 | Razamanaz | 1 | #375 | – | – | |
| 6 | Expect No Mercy | 1 | #812 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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