Artist · chart history
Red Rockers
Band New Orleans United States Active 1979–1985
Red Rockers formed in 1979 in New Orleans, United States and was active until 1985. Red Rockers has 12 chart appearances on 12 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 1983–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “China”, which appears on 11 lists with a best position of #40. The station that charted Red Rockers most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1983.
Red Rockers came out of New Orleans in 1979 as a hard-charging punk band, and then did what plenty of their peers wouldn't: they smoothed out the edges, found their melodies and went new wave, which suited their label, 415, just fine. The lineup included John Thomas Griffith, Darren Hill, Jim Reilly and James Singletary.
Good as Gold, in 1983, delivered "China", their best-known song, a shimmering, chiming anthem with a big, hopeful chorus that rides along on bright guitars and a steady, driving pulse. It sounds nothing like the snarl they started with, and all the better for it. Schizophrenic Circus followed in 1984, with "Eve of Destruction", but the run was nearly over.
The band called it a day in 1985 after just two albums. Decades later, they are back together, having reunited by 2023.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Red Rockers on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 11 | #40 | – | 1983 | |
| 2 | Eve of Destruction | 1 | #58 | – | 1984 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 300 | China | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places |
| 2003 | 633 | China | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) |
| 2002 | 1697 | China | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) |
| 1998 | 306 | China | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) |
| 1996 | 407 | China | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) |
| 1996 | 455 | China | Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) |
| 1995 | 448 | China | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) |
| 1994 | 393 | China | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) |
| 1992 | 347 | China | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) |
| 1988 | 454 | China | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) |
| 1984 | 58 | Eve of Destruction | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1984 |
| 1983 | 40 | China | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 |
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