Song · Queensryche
“Revolution Calling” by Queensryche
From the album Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
“Revolution Calling” by Queensryche appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1988 on the album Operation: Mindcrime. Its best result is #239 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,233 hard rock song of all time.
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"Revolution Calling" comes from Operation: Mindcrime, Queensrÿche's 1988 album, and the credit sheet alone tells you this was no stripped-down affair. Geoff Tate, who wrote it with guitarist Michael Wilton, sings lead, plays keyboards and even whistles; Wilton and Chris DeGarmo stack up electric, acoustic and 12-string guitars; Eddie Jackson plays bass and Scott Rockenfield handles drums and percussion. Michael Kamen adds cello, and the choir is billed, with a perfectly straight face, as the Moronic Monks of Morin Heights.
Peter Collins produced it, James "Jimbo" Barton and Paul Northfield engineered, and Barton mixed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 239 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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