Song · Thin Lizzy
“Hollywood” by Thin Lizzy
From the album Thunder and Lightning (1983)
“Hollywood” by Thin Lizzy appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1983 on the album Thunder and Lightning. Its best result is #786 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,018 hard rock song of all time.
"Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)" was written by Thin Lizzy's bassist and singer Phil Lynott with guitarist Scott Gorham, and it went out as a single in 1982 straight into a headwind. Vertigo wouldn't put up the money for a promo video, and the song paid for it on the charts: it stalled at 53 in Britain, the same spot as the previous single, "Trouble Boys", and together they were the Irish band's weakest UK showings since "Wild One" missed the chart altogether in 1975. At home in Ireland it didn't chart at all.
America was kinder. There it climbed to 24 on the Mainstream Rock chart, video or no video.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 786 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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