Song · Robert Plant
“Burning Down One Side” by Robert Plant
From the album Pictures at Eleven (1982)
“Burning Down One Side” by Robert Plant appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1990 and 2015. It was first released in 1982 on the album Pictures at Eleven. Its best result is #635 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,263 classic rock song of all time.
Pictures at Eleven, Robert Plant's first solo album, arrived in 1982, and "Burning Down One Side" was the track American album-rock radio loved best, riding it to No. 3 on Billboard's Top Tracks chart. The English singer produced it himself and wrote it with guitarist Robbie Blunt and Gerald Woodruffe, who piles on keyboards and synthesizers; Paul Martinez plays bass, and Genesis's Phil Collins, the drummer on much of the album, sits behind the kit. It struts along at 113 beats a minute, and Plant mixed it with engineer Pat Moran.
Put out as a single later, it fizzled by comparison, stalling at 64 on the Hot 100 and 73 in the UK. Its British B-side, "Far Post", did fine on its own terms, getting as high as 12 on the Top Tracks chart in January 1983.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 635 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1997 | 778 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 2002 | 840 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2013 | 998 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) | 1000 |
| 2015 | 1003 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) | 1007 |
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