| "Barracuda" | ||||
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| Single by Heart | ||||
| from the album Little Queen | ||||
| B-side | "Cry to Me" | |||
| Released | May 20, 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Studio | Kaye Smith, Seattle | |||
| Genre | Hard rock[1][2] | |||
| Length | 4:20 | |||
| Label | Portrait | |||
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| Producer(s) | Mike Flicker | |||
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| "Barracuda" on YouTube | ||||
"Barracuda" is a song by American rock band Heart, released in 1977 on their third studio album, Little Queen, and was released as the album's lead single. The song peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2009, "Barracuda" was named the 34th-best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[3]
The song was included on the compilation albums Greatest Hits/Live (1980), These Dreams: Greatest Hits (1997), Greatest Hits (1998), The Essential Heart (2002), Love Alive (2005), Playlist: The Very Best of Heart (2008) and Strange Euphoria (2012), and on the live albums Rock the House Live! (1991), The Road Home (1995), Alive in Seattle (2003) and Live in Atlantic City (2019).
- ^ Vladimir Bogdanov; Chris Woodstra; Stephen Thomas Erlewine (eds.). All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul. Hal Leonard. p. 518. ISBN 9780879306533.
- ^ Goldsmith, Melissa Ursula Dawn (2019). Listen to Classic Rock!: Exploring a Musical Genre. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 1904. ISBN 9798216111931.
- ^ "100 Best Hard Rock Songs Ever (According to VH1)". Stereogum. January 5, 2009.