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Year Title Peak chart positions Album US [5]US AOR [6]AUS [2]CAN; 1980 "You Should Be High Love" — x — — The Tale of the Tape "The Big Beat" x — — 1981 "The Stroke" 17
In 1995, Capitol released 16 Strokes: The Best of Billy Squier. On February 17, 1998, during the initial run of Mercury: The Afterlife and Times of a Rock God, a monodrama about the life of Freddie Mercury, Squier debuted a song that he wrote in memory of his friend, titled "I Have Watched You Fly", on stage before a performance of the play. He ...
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"Everybody Wants You" is a hit song written and performed by American rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier. It appeared as the opening track of his multi-Platinum 1982 album Emotions in Motion, and was released as the second single (following the title track) from that album, reaching #31 on the Cash Box Top 100 and #32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The Big Beat is a 1980 song by Billy Squier from his debut album The Tale of the Tape. [1] While it never charted, the song has become a sampling staple in hip-hop music. [ 2 ] As of 2020, the song has been sampled in almost 300 recordings. [ 3 ]
The album's best known song, "Rock Me Tonite", was his best charting Pop hit and second #1 single in the Mainstream Rock charts. The perceived challenge to Squier's image as a guitar-playing rocker is often regarded as one of the main reasons for Squier's subsequent popularity decline as well as one of the worst music videos in the history of ...
Amick got the response he dreamed of with “The Stroke” a 1981 hit by Billy Squier as his walk-up song. Vols fans have taken to clapping their hands over their heads to the booming beat every ...
"Rock Me Tonite" is a hit song written and recorded by American rock artist Billy Squier. It was released in June 1984 as the lead single from his platinum -plus album Signs of Life . The song is Squier's highest charting U.S. single (as well as his last single to crack the top 40), peaking at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hitting No. 10 ...