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Whitesnake
Band Middlesbrough United Kingdom Active 1978–2022
Whitesnake formed in 1978 in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom and was active until 2022. Whitesnake has 200 chart appearances on 93 radio countdowns from 31 stations on RockLists, spanning 1990–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Here I Go Again”, which appears on 92 lists with a best position of #2. The station that charted Whitesnake most often is KISW (Seattle-Tacoma, WA), with 33 appearances.
Whitesnake began in 1978 as the backing band for David Coverdale, fresh out of Deep Purple, but they became a real band fast, with Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody on electric guitars, Neil Murray on bass and Jon Lord on keyboards, and Ian Paice later on drums. Coverdale was the only constant from start to finish. The early records were blues rock through and through, raunchy, swaggering stuff built on innuendo and double meanings, and Ready an' Willing, with "Fool for Your Loving", and Saints & Sinners, with "Here I Go Again" and "Crying in the Rain", both reached the top ten in Britain.
By the mid-'80s Coverdale had set his sights on America, where the band was barely known. Signed to Geffen, they put out Slide It In in 1984, and heavy MTV play for "Love Ain't No Stranger" and "Slow an' Easy" opened the door. The self-titled album in 1987 kicked it off its hinges: a slicker, harder rock record with a glam-metal wardrobe to match, "Here I Go Again", "Is This Love" and "Still of the Night" all became hits. It was their biggest success by far, selling millions in the US alone.
Slip of the Tongue followed in 1989 before Coverdale stepped away. The band came back in fits and starts, and a new lineup marked the band's 25th anniversary in 2003. A farewell tour in 2022 was cut short by health problems, and Coverdale's retirement in 2025 closed the book.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Whitesnake on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Here I Go Again#170 of all time | 92 | #2 | – | – | |
| 2 | Is This Love | 35 | #156 | – | – | |
| 3 | Still of the Night | 33 | #53 | – | – | |
| 4 | Slow and Easy | 14 | #75 | – | – | |
| 5 | Love Ain't No Stranger | 7 | #126 | – | – | |
| 6 | Fool for your Loving | 6 | #52 | – | – | |
| 7 | Slide It In | 8 | #143 | – | – | |
| 8 | Crying in the Rain | 1 | #301 | – | – | |
| 9 | Ain't No Love in the Heart of the Young | 1 | #421 | – | – | |
| 10 | Bad Boys | 1 | #591 | – | – | |
| 11 | Judgment Day | 1 | #896 | – | – | |
| 12 | The Deeper the Love | 1 | #967 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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