"Lorelei" | ||||
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Single by Styx | ||||
from the album Equinox | ||||
B-side | "Midnight Ride" | |||
Released | February 1976 (US) [1] | |||
Recorded | 1975 at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Dennis DeYoung James Young | |||
Styx singles chronology | ||||
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"Lorelei" is a song from rock band Styx. It is on their 1975 album Equinox, and was released as a single in 1976.
The song peaked at #27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in April 1976 and was the band's second top 40 hit single. [2] Lorelei also hit number six on the Canadian charts during the weeks of May 8 and 15, 1976.
Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked "Lorelei" as the 77th most popular hit of 1976. [3] It reached as high as number eight (for two weeks) on their surveys of April 17 and 24, 1976. [4]
Record World described the song as "a hard rocking number with overtones of The Who and Raspberries in its fiery rhythms. [5]
"Lorelei" was one of the songs that Styx re-recorded for their Regeneration: Volume 1 EP in 2010 with James Young on lead vocals. It was re-recorded again for the 2023 CD Now Playing, a Styx compilation sold at their concerts, with Lawrence Gowan on lead vocals.
"Lorelei" is written in D-major with a moderately fast rock tempo.
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"Lorelei" | ||||
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Single by Styx | ||||
from the album Equinox | ||||
B-side | "Midnight Ride" | |||
Released | February 1976 (US) [1] | |||
Recorded | 1975 at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Dennis DeYoung James Young | |||
Styx singles chronology | ||||
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"Lorelei" is a song from rock band Styx. It is on their 1975 album Equinox, and was released as a single in 1976.
The song peaked at #27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in April 1976 and was the band's second top 40 hit single. [2] Lorelei also hit number six on the Canadian charts during the weeks of May 8 and 15, 1976.
Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked "Lorelei" as the 77th most popular hit of 1976. [3] It reached as high as number eight (for two weeks) on their surveys of April 17 and 24, 1976. [4]
Record World described the song as "a hard rocking number with overtones of The Who and Raspberries in its fiery rhythms. [5]
"Lorelei" was one of the songs that Styx re-recorded for their Regeneration: Volume 1 EP in 2010 with James Young on lead vocals. It was re-recorded again for the 2023 CD Now Playing, a Styx compilation sold at their concerts, with Lawrence Gowan on lead vocals.
"Lorelei" is written in D-major with a moderately fast rock tempo.
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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