Song · Stevie Ray Vaughan
“Texas Flood” by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Released 1989
“Texas Flood” by Stevie Ray Vaughan appears on 10 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1997 and 2025. It was first released in 1989. Its best result is #132 on The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,929 indie & aaa song of all time and #408 of the '80s.
"Texas Flood" wasn't Stevie Ray Vaughan's song to begin with, but he took it on for keeps, and his first album even carries its name. The version here comes from the 2010 release of Couldn't Stand the Weather, credited to Vaughan and Double Trouble.
Larry Davis wrote the song in California in 1955 and first recorded it in 1958, and it has since settled in as a blues standard, with the credit shared between Davis and Joseph Scott, an arranger and trumpeter at Duke Records. The flood in the title is only the surface: Davis was using the Texas weather as a stand-in for his relationship troubles.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 192 | 104.5 KZEP | KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) | 500 |
| 2001 | 225 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2002 | 674 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2004 | 655 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) | 923 |
| 2009 | 804 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2018 | 738 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2021 | 796 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
| 2022 | 829 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 132 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
| 2025 | 437 | Qfm96 | Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) | 498 |
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