Lorelei (Styx song)

"Lorelei"
Single by Styx
from the album Equinox
B-side "Midnight Ride"
Released March 1976
Format 7"
Recorded 1975 at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago
Genre Rock
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Dennis DeYoung
James Young
Styx singles chronology
"You Need Love"
(1975)		 "Lorelei"
(1976)		 "Mademoiselle"
(1976)

"You Need Love"
(1975)		 "Lorelei"
(1976)		 "Mademoiselle"
(1976)

"Lorelei" is a song from rock band Styx. It is on their 1975 album Equinox, and was released as a single in 1976.

Background

The song peaked at number 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was the band's second top 40 hit single.[1] 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.[2] It reached as high as number eight (for two weeks) on their surveys of April 17 and 24, 1976.[3]

"Lorelei" was one of the songs that Styx re-recorded for their Regeneration: Volume 1 EP in 2010 with James Young on lead vocals

Personnel

Composition

"Lorelei" is written in D-Major with a moderately fast rock tempo.

Chart performance

References

  1. 1 2 "Lorelei" Billboard Hot 100 Chart history. Accessed May 27, 2012.
  2. ↑ "The WLS Big 89 of 1976". Wlshistory.com.
  3. ↑ "wls042476". Users.qwest.net. 1963-12-12. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  4. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  5. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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