Song · Ted Nugent
“Wango Tango” by Ted Nugent
From the album Scream Dream (1980)
“Wango Tango” by Ted Nugent appears on 9 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1990 and 2002. It was first released in 1980 on the album Scream Dream. Its best result is #235 on the KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,016 classic rock song of all time.
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Ted Nugent wrote "Wango Tango", words and music, by himself and put it on Scream Dream, his 1980 album for Epic, with Cliff Davies producing. It only squeaked onto the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 86, which undersells what it became: one of Nugent's best-known songs and a fixture of his live shows for years on end.
It splits the jury right down the middle. AllMusic's Bret Adams tagged it an album pick and called it "wickedly catchy", while Guitar World ranked it seventh on its list of the 100 worst riffs, licks and solos of all time. Hard rock rarely gets a better pair of reviews to hang on the wall.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 419 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 323 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 235 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 557 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1997 | 469 | 104.5 KZEP | KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) | 500 |
| 1997 | 709 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 1998 | 578 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 797 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 509 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
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