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“Rockaway Beach” by The Ramones

From the album Rocket to Russia (1977)

“Rockaway Beach” by The Ramones appears on 31 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1988 and 2025. It was first released in 1977 on the album Rocket to Russia. Its best result is #7 on The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #939 alternative song of all time.

31countdowns
9stations
#7best position
0#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
1988–2025years charted

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"Rockaway Beach" comes off Rocket to Russia, the Ramones' third album, released in November 1977, and it's their love letter to the stretch of sand in Queens where Dee Dee Ramone liked to hang out. Dee Dee wrote it with the Beach Boys and the early surf bands in mind; Johnny Ramone reckoned he was the only one in the group who actually went to the beach.

It's the surf-pop sunshine of those records played at punk velocity, around two minutes of buzzsaw guitar from Johnny, Dee Dee's bass, Tommy Ramone's drums and Joey Ramone's goofy, lovable croon, clocking in at 185 beats per minute. Tony Bongiovi and Thomas Erdelyi produced it for Sire, with Ed Stasium engineering. It gave the Ramones the best chart placing of their career, 66 on the Hot 100.

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

RockLists rankings

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 168 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1991 530 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1999 79 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 1503 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1503 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1496 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1494 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1473 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1473 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1473 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 83 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 67 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 71 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 81 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2010 495 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 85 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 361 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2012 10 93.3 WMMR WMMR Top 50 Songs of Summer (2012) 49
2013 84 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 84 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2019 872 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2020 409 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 1496 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 569 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 625 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 484 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 806 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 885 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 7 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places 800
2024 768 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2025 797 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043

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