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“Green Eyed Lady” by Sugarloaf
From the album Sugarloaf (1970)
“Green Eyed Lady” by Sugarloaf appears on 15 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1991 and 2026. It was first released in 1970 on the album Sugarloaf. Its best result is #245 on the KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,863 alternative song of all time.
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"Green Eyed Lady" was the first single from Sugarloaf, the American rock band's 1970 debut album on Liberty, and it was written by Jerry Corbetta, J.C. Phillips and David Riordan. The lady in question was Corbetta's girlfriend, Kathy Peacock from Denver; the rest of the band took to calling her his green-eyed lady, and the nickname became a hit.
It's jazz fusion slipped onto pop radio: the full-length original ran close to six minutes, with long organ and guitar solos, and even then it faded early, almost as soon as the last verse was done. For the promotional single the solos were cut entirely, trimming it to 2:58 for airplay. It climbed to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks at number one in RPM magazine.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 645 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 1994 | 612 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1997 | 476 | 100.7 WZLX | WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) | 499 |
| 1998 | 325 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 245 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2001 | 760 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2002 | 488 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2004 | 485 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) | 923 |
| 2011 | 634 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) | 1100 |
| 2012 | 649 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) | 1200 |
| 2014 | 927 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2019 | 822 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 | 1025 |
| 2023 | 295 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2023 | 901 | 101.5 WPDH | WPDH Top 1015 (2023) | 1015 |
| 2026 | 421 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2026) | 500 |
Also listed as: Green-Eyed Lady.
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