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“Addicted to Love” by Robert Palmer

From the album Riptide (1985)

“Addicted to Love” by Robert Palmer appears on 44 radio countdowns from 25 stations between 1986 and 2026. It was first released in 1985 on the album Riptide. Its best result is #50 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #45 alternative song of 1986, #2,962 alternative song of all time and #282 of the '80s.

44countdowns
25stations
#50best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1986–2026years charted

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Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love (Official Music Video)

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"Addicted to Love" sits third on Riptide, Robert Palmer's eighth studio album, and became its third single in 1986, trimmed down from the longer album cut. Bernard Edwards produced it, and the thing hits like a sledgehammer in a tuxedo: a pounding, stripped-down beat, Andy Taylor's guitar riff chugging like a muscle car, Benny Diggs and Fonzi Thornton backing up Palmer's cool, clipped croon, with Chaka Khan credited for the arrangement.

Palmer wrote it himself, and it became his signature song, helped in no small part by a popular video full of high-fashion models. It went to number one in the US and in Australia.

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

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Indie & Adult Alternative

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1986 50 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 107
1986 58 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986 90

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 401 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1989 65 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 386 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1991 717 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1994 813 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1997 445 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
2001 389 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 756 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2002 265 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2004 280 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 204 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2006 330 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2012 200 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 835 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 326 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 355 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 649 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2016 364 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 231 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2017 376 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2019 600 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 401 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2020 1053 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2020 316 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 330 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2021 335 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2021 314 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 333 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) 500
2022 121 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 771 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 495 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 247 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 403 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 826 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 448 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 403 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 237 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 961 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 294 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 468 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2026 188 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498
2026 313 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Addicted To Love.

Charting alongside it in 1986

Best songs of 1986 →
  1. 1PanicThe Smiths
  2. 2AskThe Smiths
  3. 3Bigmouth Strikes AgainThe Smiths
  4. 4SledgehammerPeter Gabriel
  5. 5Wild Wild LifeTalking Heads
  6. 6Don't Get Me WrongThe Pretenders

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