The 10 Biggest Classic Rock Hits That Never Won Record of the Year, Ranked
Collider has published a ranked list of ten classic rock songs that became huge hits but never won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, highlighting what the piece frames as some of the Recording Academy's biggest historical snubs.
– "The Boys Are Back in Town" by Thin Lizzy (No. 10) – peaked at No. 12 in 1976, lost the 1977 Grammy to George Benson's "This Masquerade"
– "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas (No. 9) – peaked at No. 11 in 1977, lost the 1978 Grammy to Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life"
– "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac (No. 8) – written by Lindsey Buckingham following his split from Stevie Nicks
– The remaining entries (No. 7 down to No. 1), reportedly including further Beatles and Queen tracks, are not detailed in the excerpt provided
- Collider ranks ten classic rock hits that never won Grammy Record of the Year
- Thin Lizzy and Kansas songs lost to now-forgotten winners in the 1970s
- Full top-ten list, including entries 7 through 1, wasn't fully available