Best Grand Funk Railroad Songs
It is very hard for me to pick the best Grand Funk song as I have so many. However, I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home hits me in so many different ways - musically, emotionally, etc. - that I pick it as number one.
That band was awesome and was extremely underrated. I still listen to all of their albums frequently.
This is absolutely epic in every possible way a song can be. It starts quiet, builds strong, has a memorable lull, and ends with one of the best possible fades in music. Breathtaking!
The first time I heard it, I thought, What a genius of a song. My all-time favorite of any song by anybody.
Come on, you all. This is the most classic rock song ever written, along with Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf.
Last night in Little Rock! Enough said.
Great song. I play it quite a bit during timeouts at basketball games while announcing. People always sing along!
FINALLY a GFR list. It's about friggin' time. This is an amazing song, and this band is often overlooked in the history of rock. Very underrated.
Studio version is best. Mark and Don really show their chops on vocals.
The live version of Heartbreaker is super. Endless energy!
I say it's the best song they ever did! Talk about "feeling" and "in the groove." This is surely IT!
I remember walking into our local YMCA back in the day and hearing this coming off the PA system. Somebody had it on as background music while doing some repair work. I was about 14 years old and was transfixed by the power of the song.
I think this was the moment I fell in love with rock music. It still has that effect on me now. I had never heard of this band, as they weren't played a lot on the UK radio stations. I'd have to agree that they are still a very underrated band.
My favorite band. Got turned on to them around 1969. Haven't stopped rocking with them since. Definitely, I believe, the best band ever. You are not going to hear or see a better group of musicians.
I think Bad Time was an unforgettable quality hit, but not a real rock hit.
This one has a really solid riff. Mark Farner could really lay them down.
The Newcomers
This song is positive and inspiring to me.
One of the best drumming solos ever! Long live Don Brewer and Grand Funk Railroad!
I agree. Best drummer! Great song!
Pure metal rock at its best. Nobody could touch GFR in concert, and this song is a prime example of a power trio!
Love it, such a rocking beat. Number one all the way.
The best of their stuff. It's like the music of my soul. I don't even like this band that much, but this song... Really perfect.
I believe this song is their hardest and most technically difficult of anything they ever did. It just completely rocks from beginning to end. It also is very funky for a hard rock song. I wish they had included it in their set longer. I heard them play it live at Olympia Stadium in Detroit shortly before E Pluribus Funk was released. Amazing.
The BEST rock song ever to me. Mark, Don, and Mel play with such a grooving heavy passion. Don screaming in the background during Mel's solo makes me go crazy with him. I don't care what anyone says or how they feel about it.
Mark's voice and the harmonies are unsurpassed. "Upsetter" played before it is very groovy indeed.
To me, this is the track that will live forever in my mind. It has a rhythm, it has a peculiar pace. It is exquisite rock 'n' roll. It is vintage Grand Funk. Long live Grand Funk!
Great song. Inside Looking Out should be at the top of every playlist.
For me, this is the best song ever. Grand Funk is the best rock band ever!
Ranks right up there with Closer to Home as one of the top ten songs in rock history. This is a message tune for those who will listen. The buildup with the orchestra is simply outstanding!
Just a perfect song. Mark's a cappella intro vocals set this song over the top alone. Plays on words, great guitar solo, and Mark goes so high at the end of the song, "working for the railroad yeah." Nothing but greatness.
By far the best cover of that song. Love Traffic, but their original puts me to sleep. GFR rocks it!
Fantastic song. Should be in top 10!