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“Over the Mountain” by Ozzy Osbourne

From the album Diary of a Madman (1981)

“Over the Mountain” by Ozzy Osbourne appears on 58 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 1981 and 2026. It was first released in 1981 on the album Diary of a Madman. Its best result is #22 on the WLLZ 500 (2020). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #425 classic rock song of all time.

58countdowns
21stations
#22best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1981–2026years charted

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"Over the Mountain" throws open Diary of a Madman, Ozzy Osbourne's second studio album, from 1981. Ozzy wrote it with Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake, and the same four play it: Osbourne singing lead and his own backing vocals, Rhoads on guitar, Daisley on bass, Kerslake on drums and percussion, with Johnny Cook adding keyboards. Max Norman engineered it and produced it alongside Osbourne and Rhoads.

On Billboard's Top Tracks chart it came in at 42 and worked its way up to 38, and it has been a compilation regular ever since, turning up on The Ozzman Cometh in 1997, The Essential Ozzy Osbourne in 2003 and Prince of Darkness in 2005.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1981 23 KISW Seattle-Tacoma, WA KISW 25 Biggest Rock Songs from 1981 25

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 409 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000
1994 872 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 744 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 596 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1998 537 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 522 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 130 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2010 130 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2013 323 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 486 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2014 296 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2014 862 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 168 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 322 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 433 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2016 312 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 466 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 492 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 172 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2017 215 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 407 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 287 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 282 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 440 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 367 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 412 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 22 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 293 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 391 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 798 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 354 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 43 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 421 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 456 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2022 282 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 178 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 158 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 242 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 583 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 299 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 177 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 483 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 299 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 48 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 319 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 288 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 487 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2024 85 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 479 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 151 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 979 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 292 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2025 136 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 339 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 307 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 208 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500
2026 119 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Over The Mountain.

Charting alongside it in 1981

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  6. 6For Those About to RockAC/DC

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