{"id":592191,"date":"2026-04-18T18:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/592191\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T18:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:05:09","slug":"3-classic-rock-radio-hits-from-1979-that-practically-disappeared-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/592191\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Classic Rock Radio Hits From 1979 That Practically Disappeared Overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Classic rock radio is keeping a lot of incredible hits from 1979 and beyond alive. However, some songs that made it big that year were all over the radio for some time, only to virtually disappear overnight. Some of them haven\u2019t really seen a resurgence on classic rock radio today, either. Or at least, I certainly don\u2019t hear some of those massive hits out in the wild anymore. When it comes to the following three songs, I think that\u2019s unfair. These are some of the best classic rock radio jams from 1979. Let\u2019s revisit a few awesome and slightly underrated songs, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDouble Vision\u201d by Foreigner from \u2018Double Vision\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Considering the enormous number of hit songs that Foreigner released since its inception, it\u2019s no surprise that some chart-toppers or close-to-chart-toppers from the hard rock band did well on the radio, only to fall out of favor compared to tracks like \u201cI Want To Know What Love Is\u201d and \u201cCold As Ice\u201d. \u201cDouble Vision\u201d is one such song, in my opinion. I can\u2019t remember the last time I heard this song out in the wild. \u201cDouble Vision\u201d was a No. 2 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart after it was released. The whole of the album it came from was a similar success for the band.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrain In Vain\u201d by The Clash from \u2018London Calling\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrain In Vain\u201d first made it to the ears of young punks in 1979 with the release of London Calling and was released as a single the following year. <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/tag\/the-clash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Clash<\/a> make it to classic rock radio all the time, but I usually only hear tracks like \u201cRock The Casbah\u201d or \u201cShould I Stay Or Should I Go\u201d. \u201cTrain In Vain\u201d deserves more love nowadays, considering how much of a quintessential early-era punk song it is. It was also the first song by The Clash to make it to the Top 40 in the US, peaking at No. 23. There are some funky soul elements in \u201cTrain In Van\u201d that make it stand out, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet Used To It\u201d by Roger Voudouris from \u2018Radio Dream\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Remember Roger Vousdouris? Unfortunately, this pop-rock musician\u2019s song \u201cGet Used To It\u201d is a bit of a one-hit wonder on our list of classic rock radio hits from 1979. It was his only single to chart, peaking at No. 21 in the US. But what an excellent song to be known for! I wish that this classic made it to the radio more often.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Chris Walter\/WireImage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Classic rock radio is keeping a lot of incredible hits from 1979 and beyond alive. However, some songs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[2616,2617,88,216,2156],"class_list":{"0":"post-592191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-1970s","9":"tag-classic-rock","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-rock-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}