| Lorelei | |
| Cover: | Lorelei_-_Styx.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Styx |
| Album: | Equinox |
| B-Side: | Midnight Ride |
| Released: | February 1976 (US)[1] |
| Recorded: | 1975 at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Label: | A&M |
| Prev Title: | You Need Love |
| Prev Year: | 1975 |
| Next Title: | Mademoiselle |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
"Lorelei" is a song from rock band Styx. It is on their 1975 album Equinox, and was released as a single in 1976.
The song peaked at #27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in April 1976 and was the band's second top 40 hit single.[2] Lorelei also hit number six on the Canadian charts during the weeks of May 8 and 15, 1976.
Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked "Lorelei" as the 77th most popular hit of 1976.[3] It reached as high as number eight (for two weeks) on their surveys of April 17 and 24, 1976.[4]
Record World described the song as "a hard rocking number with overtones of The Who and Raspberries in its fiery rhythms.[5]
"Lorelei" was one of the songs that Styx re-recorded for their EP in 2010 with James Young on lead vocals. It was re-recorded again for the 2023 CD Now Playing, a Styx compilation sold at their concerts, with Lawrence Gowan on lead vocals.
lead vocals, keyboards
lead guitar, backing vocals
rhythm guitar, backing vocals
bass
drums
"Lorelei" is written in D-major with a moderately fast rock tempo.