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Based on what I have heard on the radio, the most played Styx songs on the radio now are.... (not in order)

Renegade
Blue Collar Man
Fooling Yourself
Too Much Time On My Hands
Come Sail Away
Lady

Least played of their top 40 hits..... (very rare to hear any of these)

Don't Let It End
Mr. Roboto
Best Of Times
Show Me The Way
Babe

Where I’m at in TX ( Dallas ) & Shreveport (La)

1. Renegade
2. Come Sail Away
3. Blue Collar Man
4. Fooling Yourself
By far the most are the top 4- in order & played a lot

5. Too Much Time On My Hands
6. Lady
7. Crystal Ball
8. The Grand Illusion
These are by far the top 8 in order

Occasionally I will hear in order:
9. Snowblind
10. Suite Madame Blue
11. Best Of Times
12. Lorelei
13. Rockin The Paradise
14. Miss America

Rarely but have heard:
15. Babe
16. Mr Roboto
17. Show Me The Way

I'm in central Ohio. There are four classic stations here. By far, the most played songs are Renegade, Too Much Time, Blue Collar Man, and Fooling Yourself. Less often heard is Come Sail Away. The only times I hear any of their other songs are when I listen to repeats of Casey Kasem's Top 40 80s countdowns on Sundays. What I find fascinating is that Tommy's songs seem to have had the most and longest staying power. For all the comments about how DDY wrote eight of their big singles, his songs are just not played any more. I have no memory of the last time I heard Babe, Don't Let it End, Mr Roboto, etc. Not trying to start a war here--this is pure observation from my local stations plus what I see of your stations.

Yogi--how amazing you hear Crystal Ball on the radio. I don't think I've ever heard it played, even in 1976.

In addition to one's mentioned

I hear
Mr roboto
Babe
Lady
Lorellie
Fooling yourself
Suite madam

Often

Rarities are
Miss america
The grand illusion
Crystal Ball
Show me the way

Songs I never hear anymore
Love at first site
Everything is cool
Snow blind
And one I'll never understand
Don't let it end

What is a radio?

Sadly it's built into us old folks dna.
But so is records cds, tv...

Crystal Ball is played fairly often in East TX out of the two classic rock stations we get out of Shreveport/Bossier City LA.

Sunday night driving to my daughters in Tomball/Houston The Eagle in Houston played Suite Madame Blue, followed by Fooling Yourself and then the Grand Illusion in that order on a rock block.

scarab wrote:Sadly it's built into us old folks dna.
But so is records cds, tv...

Just saying.

Where are these songs on Spotify ranked by how many times they are listened to per day/week/month. I honestly have no idea. But, this will give a much better idea on how often they are listened to. Also, nowadays radio is so corporate that it doesn't reflect what people want to hear...it reflects what a some algorithm calculates and decides what we want to hear for the given genre of a particular station. Radio is not what it was back when these songs were released.

Well, this is interesting:

Based on recent weekly data (April 2026), Styx's most popular songs on Spotify consistently include "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)," "Renegade," and "Too Much Time on My Hands," each garnering roughly 400,000–500,000+ weekly streams. "Come Sail With Me" and "Babe" remain staples, frequently appearing alongside live versions of their classic hits.

Top Weekly Styx Songs (Approx. Weekly Streams)
Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man): ~531,000
Renegade: ~517,000
Trouble At The Big Show: ~499,000
Too Much Time on My Hands: ~496,000
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights): ~487,000

Key Trends & Insights
Popularity Ranking: Data from Kworb indicates that "Fooling Yourself" and "Renegade" frequently trade the top spot.
Evergreens: "Renegade," "Babe," and "Come Sail Away" are the top-streamed songs historically, as seen on this Spotify track.
Live Tracks: Live recordings, such as "Come Sail Away - Live," also maintain high weekly counts, often appearing in the top 20, as seen in this Spotify playlist.

Top Albums:
The album Cornerstone leads in total, consistent daily streams.

For more curated collections, you can explore the Top 10 Styx Songs playlist, which is a popular resource for discovering their top tracks on Spotify

Monker wrote:Well, this is interesting:

Based on recent weekly data (April 2026), Styx's most popular songs on Spotify consistently include "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)," "Renegade," and "Too Much Time on My Hands," each garnering roughly 400,000–500,000+ weekly streams. "Come Sail With Me" and "Babe" remain staples, frequently appearing alongside live versions of their classic hits.

Top Weekly Styx Songs (Approx. Weekly Streams)
Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man): ~531,000
Renegade: ~517,000
Trouble At The Big Show: ~499,000
Too Much Time on My Hands: ~496,000
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights): ~487,000

Key Trends & Insights
Popularity Ranking: Data from Kworb indicates that "Fooling Yourself" and "Renegade" frequently trade the top spot.
Evergreens: "Renegade," "Babe," and "Come Sail Away" are the top-streamed songs historically, as seen on this Spotify track.
Live Tracks: Live recordings, such as "Come Sail Away - Live," also maintain high weekly counts, often appearing in the top 20, as seen in this Spotify playlist.

Top Albums:
The album Cornerstone leads in total, consistent daily streams.

For more curated collections, you can explore the Top 10 Styx Songs playlist, which is a popular resource for discovering their top tracks on Spotify

Great interesting information! Trouble At The Big Show?? I also noticed that Only You Can Decide from Circling From Above was on the list when I checked.

Intersting post. I also get Spotify. The total global streams (ie not weekly/monthly/yearly) are as follows:

1 Renegade 217 Million
2 CSA 208 M
3 Babe 154 M
4 Mr Roboto 94 M
5 TMTOMH 65 M
6 BCM/Lady - tied at 40 M
7 BOT - 39 M
8 Boat on the River 38 M - surprising! Must be from Europe.
9 Fooling Yourself 17M

Styx only has 4.5M monthly listeners which is low compared to their contemporaries - REO has 6.5M, Foreigner 20M, Journey 22M, Kansas 11M and Boston 11M. These bands may have more iconic songs so they may be included in more playlists. Regardless, Styx is still better IMHO

I also only listen to Sirius XM satellite radio. They mostly play (in no order) Renegade, BCM, TMTOMH, CSA and Fooling Yourself, but Renegade would be the top for sure. They also play Mr Roboto but not as much and once in a while you'll hear Babe and Grand Illsuion but not too often. That's it though, nothing else.