Artist · chart history

Winger

Band New York United States Formed 1987

Winger formed in 1987 in New York, United States. Winger has 12 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 1990–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Seventeen”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #125. The station that charted Winger most often is Z-Rock (United States (syndicated network)), with 7 appearances.

12appearances

5countdowns

7songs charted

4stations

0#1 finishes

1990–2025years

Winger strutted out of New York City in 1987 with everything the hair-metal gold rush demanded, big choruses and bigger ambitions, plus players who could actually play. Kip Winger, the singer and bassist whose name was on the marquee, fronted a lineup with Reb Beach on lead guitar, Paul Taylor on guitar and keyboards, and Rod Morgenstein on drums, and Atlantic Records put them out.

Their self-titled 1988 debut is glam metal with a musician's polish: Beach shreds with precision, Morgenstein keeps the grooves sharp, and Winger sells every lovelorn line. "Seventeen" was the cheeky, riff-heavy one, "Headed for a Heartbreak" the brooding power ballad, and "Madalaine" and "Poison Angel" kept the party going. In the Heart of the Young in 1990 kept the formula humming with "Baptized by Fire", and the singles kept coming, "Miles Away" among them. Both albums went platinum, and in 1990 they were up for an American Music Award as Best New Heavy Metal Band.

Then grunge arrived and the ground went out from under them. Pull, in 1993, was their last album before they split in 1994. They reunited in 2001, went back into the studio with John Roth on guitar for IV, and have since added Karma, Better Days Comin' and Seven.

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

Songs by Winger on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Seventeen	136	5	#125	–	–
2	Headed for a Heartbreak	101	2	#166	–	–
3	Madalaine	72	1	#277	–	–
4	Can't Get Enough	69	1	#308	–	–
5	Poison Angel	26	1	#738	–	–
6	You're the Saint, I'm the Sinner	10	1	#899	–	–
7	Baptized By Fire	6	1	#946	–	–

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2025	377	Seventeen	99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025)
2022	413	Headed for a Heartbreak	99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022)
2022	467	Seventeen	99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022)
2022	471	Seventeen	WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022)
2016	213	Seventeen	The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016)
1990	125	Seventeen	Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990)
1990	166	Headed for a Heartbreak	Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990)
1990	277	Madalaine	Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990)
1990	308	Can't Get Enough	Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990)
1990	738	Poison Angel	Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990)
1990	899	You're the Saint, I'm the Sinner	Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990)
1990	946	Baptized By Fire	Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990)

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