Cheap Trick’s Best and Biggest Songs
Celebrating Rick Nielson’s birthday with the top songs from the band that coined the phrase, “They’re HUGE in Japan.”
4) Dream Police
Simple but sophisticated, this title track from heap Trick’s 1979 album exemplifies their core rock/pop sound.
3) Surrender
Kids dealing with rock and roll parents! What an amazing twist the lyrics! Surrender was Cheap Trick’s breakthrough hit in the U.S.A.
2) The Flame
The only Cheap Trick song to go to number one in the U.S.A., the band was actually hesitant to record it since it was such a departure from their core sound.
1) I want you to want me
This song went largely unnoticed when it was first released on the album, In Color, but Japan LOVED it. It’s the reason it made it on the set list for Live at Budokan. The live version became an instant classic.
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