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“Wild Night” by Van Morrison

From the album Tupelo Honey (1971)

“Wild Night” by Van Morrison appears on 23 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1996 and 2026. It was first released in 1971 on the album Tupelo Honey. Its best result is #128 on the 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,905 indie & aaa song of all time and #469 of the '70s.

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13stations

#128best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1996–2026years charted

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"Wild Night" throws the doors open on Tupelo Honey, Van Morrison's fifth studio album, and Warner Bros. sent it out as a single in 1971. It's Van at his most unbuttoned, a let-loose rhythm and blues romp he wrote himself and produced alongside Ted Templeman, who also sat in on organ.

The band cooks: Ronnie Montrose on guitar and mandolin, Bill Church on bass, Rick Shlosser on drums, Jack Schroer's sax and Luis Gasca's trumpet jabbing at the beat, and Janet Planet among the voices crowding in behind the man himself. It climbed to 28 on the Hot 100, and Morrison never let it go, working it into his shows all through his career. Decades later, in 2022, it even went to number one on Canada's rock radio chart.

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

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

#1,006 of all time

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1996	319	WNEW-FM	WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996)	500
1997	869	102.3 WBAB	WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997)	1023
1997	338	100.7 WZLX	WZLX Memorial 500 (1997)	499
2001	988	WFPK	WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time	2000
2002	260	92.3 KGON	KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002)	923
2002	161	100.7 WZLX	WZLX Memorial 500 (2002)	500
2010	161	WXPN	WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010)	885
2011	159	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011)	1100
2012	160	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012)	1200
2013	434	Big 100	BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013)	500
2013	128	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013)	500
2014	888	Big 100	BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014)	1000
2016	443	Big 100	BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016)	500
2017	452	Big 100	BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017)	500
2018	457	Big 100	BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018)	500
2020	1002	102.5 KZOK	KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020)	1025
2021	406	100.7 KSLX	KSLX Arizona 500 (2021)	499
2022	470	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s	908
2022	1023	102.5 KZOK	KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022)	1025
2022	405	100.7 KSLX	KSLX Arizona 500 (2022)	500
2022	480	102.5 WDVE	DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022)	500
2023	884	101.5 WPDH	WPDH Top 1015 (2023)	1015
2026	704	WYEP	WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time	1180

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