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“Man on the Silver Mountain” by Rainbow

From the album Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow (1975)

“Man on the Silver Mountain” by Rainbow appears on 34 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1975 on the album Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow. Its best result is #66 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #956 classic rock song of all time.

34countdowns
13stations
#66best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"Man on the Silver Mountain" throws open the door on Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, the 1975 debut from the English-American band, as its first track and its first single. Blackmore wrote the music with Ronnie James Dio, Dio wrote the words, and the pair produced it with Martin Birch, who also mixed.

Blackmore's guitar and Dio's lead vocal are the headline act, with Craig Gruber on bass and Gary Driscoll on drums laying down the ground floor, and Mickey Lee Soule piling on piano, organ, clavinet and Mellotron. It's heavy rock with a taste for the grand gesture, and it gave the new outfit a calling card from the very first cut.

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

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 144 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1990 66 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000
1994 107 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 182 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 100 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1998 121 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 120 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 595 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2004 513 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 437 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2014 841 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 962 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 519 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 418 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2017 485 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 431 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 468 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 507 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 382 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 428 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2020 984 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 390 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2021 383 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2022 421 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 419 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 773 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 997 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 449 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 357 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2024 481 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 157 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 487 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 479 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 284 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500

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