Lorelei (Styx song)

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

"Lorelei"
Single by Styx
from the album Equinox
B-side"Midnight Ride"
ReleasedFebruary 1976 (US)[1]
Recorded1975 at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago
GenreRock
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Dennis DeYoung
James Young
Styx singles chronology
"You Need Love"
(1975)		 "Lorelei"
(1976)		 "Mademoiselle"
(1976)

Background

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

Personnel

Composition

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

Chart performance

References
  1. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 798. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. "Lorelei" Billboard Hot 100 Chart history. Accessed May 27, 2012.
  3. "The WLS Big 89 of 1976". Wlshistory.com.
  4. "wls042476". Users.qwest.net. 1963-12-12. Archived from the original on 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  5. "Hits of the Week". Record World. January 31, 1976. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  6. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  7. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  8. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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