Song · Peter Frampton
“Show Me The Way (Live)” by Peter Frampton
From the album Acoustic Classics (2016)
“Show Me The Way (Live)” by Peter Frampton appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2022 and 2025. It was first released in 2016 on the album Acoustic Classics. Its best result is #281 on the 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,086 classic rock song of all time.
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"Show Me the Way" had two lives. Peter Frampton, the English rocker who wrote it on his own, first issued it in June 1975 to lead off Frampton, his fourth studio album, and the reviews were warm: Cash Box praised the feeling in his voice and the dexterity of his playing, and Record World found both crisp. It took a stage to make it a smash. Cut live and issued in February 1976 as the first single from Frampton Comes Alive!, it went to number 6 in America and number 10 in Britain, and nothing he did topped it there until "I'm in You" in 1977.
The hook is the talk box, the effects pedal that lets his guitar do half the singing, the same device that powers "Do You Feel Like We Do", its companion single off the live record.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 488 | 97.1 The River | River 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2023 | 438 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2023 | 281 | 97 Rock | 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2025 | 339 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2025) | 500 |
| 2025 | 408 | 97 Rock | 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) | 500 |
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