Billy Squier - Surviving The 90s

Dig Me Out: 90s Rock

In our second installment of Surviving the 90s, we're revisiting one of the hitmakers from the first half of the 80s - Billy Squier. Responsible for such hits as The Stroke, Lonely Is The Night, Everybody Wants You, My Kinda Lover, and Rock Me Tonite, to name a few, Squier was all over radio and early MTV. Albums like Don't Say No, Emotions in Motion, and Signs of Life each went Platinum, and while musical trends changed, Squier still managed radio airplay into the early 90s. But by 1998, he was done, releasing his final record, Happy Blue, an all acoustic affair. We revisit his greatest hits, his 90s releases, and try to determine if Billy Squier thrived, adapted, or died in the 90s.

Songs In This Episode

Intro - The Stroke (from Don't Say No)

10:32 - 42nd Street by Piper (from self-titled)

17:41 - The Big Beat (from The Tale of the Tape)

28:19 - Rock Me Tonite (from Signs of Life)

38:28 - Young at Heart (from Creatures of Habit)

1:02:42 - Happy Blues (from Happy Blue)

Outro - Angry (from Tell The Truth)

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