Song · Whitesnake
“Slow and Easy” by Whitesnake
Released 1984
“Slow and Easy” by Whitesnake appears on 14 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1990 and 2022. It was first released in 1984. Its best result is #75 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,012 classic rock song of all time.
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Whitesnake's 1984 album Slide It In finally broke the British band in America, and "Slow an' Easy" was the track that kept one boot in the blues while most of the record flirted with the glam metal of the day. David Coverdale wrote it with guitarist Micky Moody, by then the only other original member still standing, and Martin Birch produced.
By Coverdale's own account they cut it at four in the morning in Munich after a heavy night out, with Coverdale making up most of the lyric on the spot to fire up the band and straightening it out later. Sent to stations as a promo single, it caught on at rock radio and climbed to 17 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 75 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 371 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 219 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 199 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 307 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 342 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 605 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2010 | 147 | 97.9 The Loop | The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) | 500 |
| 2016 | 909 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 | 1007 |
| 2019 | 484 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ 500 (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 456 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ 500 (2020) | 500 |
| 2020 | 439 | Q105.7 | Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) | 499 |
| 2021 | 463 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ 500 (2021) | 500 |
| 2022 | 458 | 106.7 WLLZ | WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) | 500 |
Also listed as: Slow And Easy; Slow & Easy; Slow An' Easy.
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