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“Pride and Joy” by Stevie Ray Vaughan

Released 1990

“Pride and Joy” by Stevie Ray Vaughan appears on 78 radio countdowns from 29 stations between 1983 and 2026. It was first released in 1990. Its best result is #24 on the KISW Top 25 Rock Songs from 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #376 indie & aaa song of all time.

78countdowns
29stations
#24best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1983–2026years charted

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Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Pride and Joy (Official Audio)

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"Pride and Joy" was Stevie Ray Vaughan's first single, cut with his band Double Trouble for his debut album, Texas Flood, and released by Epic late in 1983. It had already been a fixture of his live sets before he ever recorded it, and it has grown into one of his best-loved songs.

It's a Texas shuffle straight down the line: twelve-bar blues in E at a brisk clip, with Vaughan's guitar tuned a half step down so it actually sounds in E-flat. The main figure lays a bass line under muted chord chops until the guitar comes on like a percussion section, and he favors fingerings that let as many strings as possible ring at once. Double Trouble drummer Chris Layton has said Vaughan wrote it for a new girlfriend, and that a later fight with her gave him "I'm Crying".

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

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 24 KISW Seattle-Tacoma, WA KISW Top 25 Rock Songs from 1983 25

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 386 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1994 260 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 184 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 168 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1996 251 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1997 222 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 83 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 291 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1998 256 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 305 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2001 169 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 243 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 242 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2004 268 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2007 212 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2009 416 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2009 414 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 349 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 369 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 351 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 352 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 416 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 27 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 206 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 214 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 384 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 253 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2014 287 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 261 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 338 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 415 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 213 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 78 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 740 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 316 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2019 460 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 995 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 257 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2020 399 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 332 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 454 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 236 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 370 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2020 288 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2021 325 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 181 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 82 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 442 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 380 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 140 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2022 445 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 392 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 301 97.1 The River River 500 (2022) 500
2022 204 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 181 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 337 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 494 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 440 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 153 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 276 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 337 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 655 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 309 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2024 439 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 481 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 405 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 155 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 462 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2025 590 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 246 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 277 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 447 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2026 348 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498
2026 235 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 450 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917
2026 349 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 921 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

Also listed as: Pride And Joy; Pride & Joy.

Charting alongside it in 1983

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