Comparison:Now That's What I Call Rock Anthems (2024) vs Yearbooks
Now That's What I Call Rock Anthems (2024) vs Yearbooks
| Song | Yearbook | First UK Chart Appearance | UK Chart Position | UK Peak Date | First Billboard Chart Appearance | Billboard Chart Position | Original Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10cc - I'm Not in Love | 25 May 1975 | 1 | 22 June 1975 | 17 May 1975 | 2 | ||
| Alannah Myles - Black Velvet | YB 1990 | 4 March 1990 | 2 | 15 April 1990 | 30 December 1989 | 1 | |
| Alice Cooper - School's Out | YB 1972 | 9 July 1972 | 1 | 6 August 1972 | 3 June 1972 | 7 | |
| Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet | YB 1974 | 10 November 1974 | 2 | 15 December 1974 | |||
| Belinda Carlisle - Leave a Light On | YB 1989 | 1 October 1989 | 4 | 22 October 1989 | 30 September 1989 | 11 | |
| Billy Idol - Rebel Yell | YB X 1985 | 4 March 1984 | 6 | 6 October 1985 | 28 January 1984 | 46 | |
| Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire | YB 1989 | 24 September 1989 | 7 | 15 October 1989 | 14 October 1989 | 1 | |
| Blondie - One Way or Another | 24 February 2013 | 98 | 24 February 2013 | 2 June 1979 | 24 | ||
| Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper | YB 1978 | 20 May 1978 | 16 | 31 July 1976 | 12 | ||
| Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer | YB 1986 | 19 October 1986 | 4 | 30 November 1986 | 13 December 1986 | 1 | |
| Boston - More Than a Feeling | YB 1977 | 23 January 1977 | 22 | 20 February 1977 | 18 September 1976 | 5 | |
| Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run | 5 July 2009 | 94 | 5 July 2009 | 20 September 1975 | 23 | ||
| The Cars - Drive | YB 1984 | 16 September 1984 | 4 | 25 August 1985 | 4 August 1984 | 3 | |
| Celine Dion - All by Myself | 15 December 1996 | 6 | 15 December 1996 | 29 March 1997 | 4 | ||
| Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time | YB 1989 | 20 August 1989 | 6 | 22 October 1989 | 8 July 1989 | 3 | |
| Chicago - If You Leave Me Now | YB 1976 | 3 October 1976 | 1 | 7 November 1976 | 14 August 1976 | 1 | |
| Coldplay - Fix You | 11 September 2005 | 4 | 11 September 2005 | 1 October 2005 | 59 | ||
| Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me | 13 September 1987 | 18 | 27 September 1987 | 23 April 1988 | 2 | ||
| Don McLean - American Pie | YB 1972 | 16 January 1972 | 2 | 27 February 1972 | 27 November 1971 | 1 | |
| Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky | YB 1978 | 22 January 1978 | 6 | 19 February 1978 | 24 June 1978 | 35 | |
| Elton John - The Bitch Is Back | YB X 1974 | 8 September 1974 | 15 | 29 September 1974 | 7 September 1974 | 4 | |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Fanfare For The Common Man | YB 1977 | 4 June 1977 | 2 | ||||
| Europe - The Final Countdown | YB 1986,YB 85-89 Vinyl X | 19 October 1986 | 1 | 30 November 1986 | 24 January 1987 | 8 | |
| Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is | YB 1985 | 2 December 1984 | 1 | 13 January 1985 | 8 December 1984 | 1 | |
| 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? | YB 1993 | 19 June 1993 | 2 | ||||
| Free - Wishing Well | YB 1973 | 7 January 1973 | 7 | 4 February 1973 | |||
| Gary Moore and Phil Lynott - Out in the Fields | YB 1985 - 1989 | 12 May 1985 | 5 | 2 June 1985 | |||
| Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street | YB 1978 | 12 February 1978 | 3 | 26 March 1978 | 22 April 1978 | 2 | |
| Golden Earring - Radar Love | YB 1974 | 2 December 1973 | 7 | 13 January 1974 | 11 May 1974 | 13 | |
| Hall and Oates - Out of Touch | YB X 80-84 | 7 October 1984 | 48 | 21 October 1984 | 29 September 1984 | 1 | |
| Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness | YB 1988 | 20 March 1988 | 3 | 27 March 1988 | |||
| Jennifer Rush - The Power of Love | YB 1985 | 16 June 1985 | 1 | 6 October 1985 | 8 February 1986 | 57 | |
| Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good | YB 1978 | 2 July 1978 | 14 | 30 July 1978 | 10 June 1978 | 12 | |
| John Farnham - You're the Voice | 12 April 1987 | 6 | 28 June 1987 | 10 February 1990 | 82 | ||
| John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane | YB X 1982 | 17 October 1982 | 25 | 7 November 1982 | 24 July 1982 | 1 | |
| Journey - Don't Stop Believin' | YB X 80-84 | 21 February 1982 | 6 | 10 January 2010 | 31 October 1981 | 9 | |
| Judas Priest - Living After Midnight | YB X 1980 | 23 March 1980 | 12 | 6 April 1980 | |||
| Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son | 25 June 1978 | 51 | 2 July 1978 | 25 December 1976 | 11 | ||
| Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes | YB 1981 | 3 May 1981 | 10 | 17 May 1981 | 28 March 1981 | 1 | |
| Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights | YB 1987 | 27 September 1987 | 4 | 18 October 1987 | 26 September 1987 | 65 | |
| Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way | YB 1993 | 14 February 1993 | 4 | 28 February 1993 | |||
| Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird | 13 June 1982 | 21 | 11 July 1982 | 23 November 1974 | 19 | ||
| Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By the Light | 22 August 1976 | 6 | 19 September 1976 | 20 November 1976 | 1 | ||
| Marillion - Kayleigh | YB 1985 | 12 May 1985 | 2 | 9 June 1985 | 5 October 1985 | 74 | |
| Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell | YB 1979 | 4 February 1979 | 8 | 19 December 1993 | |||
| Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) | YB 1993 | 3 October 1993 | 1 | 17 October 1993 | 18 September 1993 | 1 | |
| Motörhead - Ace of Spades | YB 1980,YB 80-84 Vinyl X | 26 October 1980 | 13 | 8 January 2016 | |||
| Mr. Mister - Broken Wings | YB 1986 | 8 December 1985 | 4 | 19 January 1986 | 21 September 1985 | 1 | |
| Pat Benatar - Love Is a Battlefield | YB 1985 | 8 January 1984 | 17 | 14 April 1985 | 24 September 1983 | 5 | |
| Patti Smith Group - Because the Night | YB 1978 | 23 April 1978 | 5 | 21 May 1978 | 8 April 1978 | 13 | |
| Patty Smyth & Don Henley - Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough | YB 1992 | 3 October 1992 | 22 | ||||
| Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn | YB X 1989 | 5 February 1989 | 13 | 5 March 1989 | 29 October 1988 | 1 | |
| The Police - Every Breath You Take | YB 1983 | 22 May 1983 | 1 | 29 May 1983 | 4 June 1983 | 1 | |
| Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang | YB 1982 | 26 September 1982 | 17 | 31 October 1982 | 11 December 1982 | 5 | |
| Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart - In a Broken Dream | YB 1972 | 24 September 1972 | 3 | 22 October 1972 | 27 May 1972 | 56 | |
| Queen - Don't Stop Me Now | YB 1979 | 4 February 1979 | 9 | 25 March 1979 | 17 February 1979 | 86 | |
| R.E.M. - The One I Love | 22 November 1987 | 16 | 29 September 1991 | 19 September 1987 | 9 | ||
| REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You | YB 1981 | 5 April 1981 | 7 | 10 May 1981 | 29 November 1980 | 1 | |
| Rainbow - Since You Been Gone | YB 1979 | 15 September 1979 | 6 | 17 November 1979 | 57 | ||
| Ram Jam - Black Betty | YB 1977 | 4 September 1977 | 7 | 23 October 1977 | 11 June 1977 | 18 | |
| Richard Marx - Hazard | YB 1992 | 3 May 1992 | 3 | 21 June 1992 | 15 February 1992 | 9 | |
| Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl | YB X 1981 | 11 March 1984 | 43 | 1 April 1984 | 28 March 1981 | 1 | |
| Roxy Music - Avalon | YB 1982 | 13 June 1982 | 13 | 20 June 1982 | |||
| Run DMC/Aerosmith - Walk This Way | YB 1986 | 31 August 1986 | 8 | 21 September 1986 | |||
| Santana - Black Magic Woman | 14 November 1970 | 4 | |||||
| Scorpions - Wind of Change | YB 1991 | 26 May 1991 | 2 | 6 October 1991 | 1 June 1991 | 4 | |
| Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize | YB 1973 | 25 February 1973 | 1 | 25 February 1973 | 26 May 1973 | 98 | |
| Status Quo - Rockin' All Over the World | YB 1977 | 2 October 1977 | 3 | 13 November 1977 | |||
| Survivor - Eye of the Tiger | YB 1982 | 25 July 1982 | 1 | 29 August 1982 | 5 June 1982 | 1 | |
| Sweet - Fox on the Run | 9 March 1975 | 2 | 6 April 1975 | 15 November 1975 | 5 | ||
| Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back in Town | YB 1976 | 23 May 1976 | 8 | 27 June 1976 | 15 May 1976 | 12 | |
| Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) | YB 1985 | 14 July 1985 | 3 | 28 July 1985 | 6 July 1985 | 2 | |
| Toto - Africa | YB 1983 | 23 January 1983 | 3 | 20 February 1983 | 30 October 1982 | 1 | |
| The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon | YB 1991 | 20 October 1985 | 3 | 7 April 1991 | |||
| The Who - Baba O'Riley | 19 August 2012 | 55 | 19 August 2012 | 1971 | |||
| Wings - Live and Let Die | YB 1973 | 3 June 1973 | 9 | 24 June 1973 | |||
| Yes - Wonderous Stories | YB 1977 | 11 September 1977 | 7 | 2 October 1977 | |||
| ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin' | YB 1984 | 21 August 1983 | 10 | 11 November 1984 |