Song · Rod Stewart
“Passion” by Rod Stewart
From the album Foolish Behaviour (1980)
“Passion” by Rod Stewart appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1980. It was first released in 1980 on the album Foolish Behaviour. Its best result is #99 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #99 alternative song of 1980.
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"Passion" was the lead single from Rod Stewart's 1980 album Foolish Behaviour and its biggest hit, a song that finds passion everywhere, running down the people, places and situations where it turns up and treating it as a force as dangerous as it is essential, liable to spill over the edges of a loving relationship. Stewart wrote it with Phil Chen, Jim Cregan, Gary Grainger and Kevin Savigar and had a hand in the production, with Andy Johns among the co-producers.
Billboard and Record World both went for it: Billboard praised the pop orchestration set against Stewart's throaty rasp and the catchy hook, and Record World heard "menacing guitar runs" and "percussion fever". It reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two in Canada, and a 12-inch promo stretched it past seven minutes.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 99 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980 | 106 |
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