Song · Warren Zevon
“Johnny Strikes Up The Band” by Warren Zevon
From the album Excitable Boy (1978)
“Johnny Strikes Up The Band” by Warren Zevon appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 1978 on the album Excitable Boy. Its best result is #1905 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #8,088 indie & aaa song of all time.
Warren Zevon wrote "Johnny Strikes Up the Band" on his own for Excitable Boy, the 1978 Asylum album that made him a commercial proposition and remains the best seller of his career. Jackson Browne and Waddy Wachtel produced it, and the crew behind Zevon's piano is stacked: Wachtel on guitar and backing vocals, Leland Sklar on bass, Russ Kunkel on drums and Danny Kortchmar on percussion, with Greg Ladanyi and Dennis Kirk engineering.
It keeps company with "Werewolves of London", the hit, and with the title track, which some critics heard as gallows humor, plus the mercenary saga of "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1905 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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