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class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li>Light rock</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stylistic origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock">Pop rock</a><sup id="cite_ref-AMSoftrock_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMSoftrock-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_pop" title="Sunshine pop">sunshine pop</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStanley2013179_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStanley2013179-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brill_Building_(genre)" title="Brill Building (genre)">Brill Building</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cultural origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Mid- to late 1960s, United Kingdom and Southern California</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Derivative forms</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adult_contemporary_music" title="Adult contemporary music">Adult contemporary music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypnagogic_pop" title="Hypnagogic pop">hypnagogic pop</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Other topics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Folk_rock" title="Folk rock">Folk rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yacht_rock" title="Yacht rock">yacht rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophisti-pop" title="Sophisti-pop">sophisti-pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_eyed_soul" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue eyed soul">blue eyed soul</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Soft rock</b> (also known as <b>light rock</b>) is a form of <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock music</a> that originated in the late 1960s in the United States and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and <a href="/wiki/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock">pop rock</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-AMSoftrock_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMSoftrock-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions. Soft rock was prevalent on the radio throughout the 1970s and eventually metamorphosed into a form of the synthesized music of <a href="/wiki/Adult_contemporary_music" title="Adult contemporary music">adult contemporary</a> in the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-AMSoftrock_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMSoftrock-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The genre was pioneered by such artists as <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac" title="Fleetwood Mac">Fleetwood Mac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Taylor" title="James Taylor">James Taylor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hall_%26_Oates" title="Hall & Oates">Hall & Oates</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soft_rock&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mid-_to_late_1960s">Mid- to late 1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soft_rock&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mid- to late 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Softer sounds in rock music could be heard in mid-1960s songs, such as "<a href="/wiki/A_Summer_Song" title="A Summer Song">A Summer Song</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Chad_%26_Jeremy" title="Chad & Jeremy">Chad & Jeremy</a> (1964) and "<a href="/wiki/Here,_There_and_Everywhere" title="Here, There and Everywhere">Here, There and Everywhere</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a> and "<a href="/wiki/I_Love_My_Dog" title="I Love My Dog">I Love My Dog</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by <a href="/wiki/Cat_Stevens" title="Cat Stevens">Cat Stevens</a>, both from 1966. </p><p>By 1968, <a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a> had been established as a mainstream genre. From the end of the 1960s, it became common to divide mainstream rock music into soft and hard rock,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with both emerging as major radio formats in the US.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Bee_Gees" title="Bee Gees">Bee Gees</a> were considered soft rock in the late 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_1970s">Early 1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soft_rock&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major artists of that time included <a href="/wiki/Bread_(band)" title="Bread (band)">Bread</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Carly_Simon" title="Carly Simon">Carly Simon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cat_Stevens" title="Cat Stevens">Cat Stevens</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Taylor" title="James Taylor">James Taylor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Hot 100</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)">Easy Listening</a> charts became more similar again toward the end of the 1960s and into the early and mid-1970s when the texture of much of the music played on <a href="/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">top 40</a> radio once more began to soften. The adult contemporary format began evolving into the sound that later defined it, with rock-oriented acts as <a href="/wiki/Chicago_(band)" title="Chicago (band)">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eagles_(band)" title="Eagles (band)">the Eagles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> becoming associated with the format. The Carpenters' hit version of "<a href="/wiki/(They_Long_to_Be)_Close_to_You" title="(They Long to Be) Close to You">(They Long to Be) Close to You</a>" was released in the summer of 1970, followed by <a href="/wiki/Bread_(band)" title="Bread (band)">Bread</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Make_It_with_You" title="Make It with You">Make It with You</a>", both early examples of a softer sound that was coming to dominate the charts.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The soft rock album <i><a href="/wiki/Tapestry_(Carole_King_album)" title="Tapestry (Carole King album)">Tapestry</a></i> by Carole King, released in February 1971, became one of the best-selling albums of all time. The lead <a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side#Double_A-side" title="A-side and B-side">double-sided</a> single from the album, "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Too_Late_(Carole_King_song)" title="It's Too Late (Carole King song)">It's Too Late</a>"/"<a href="/wiki/I_Feel_the_Earth_Move" title="I Feel the Earth Move">I Feel the Earth Move</a>", spent five weeks at number one on the <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100 beginning in mid-June 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Los Angeles station <a href="/wiki/KCBS-FM#History" title="KCBS-FM">KNX-FM</a>, under program director Steve Marshall, introduced a "mellow rock" format in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Albert_Hammond" title="Albert Hammond">Albert Hammond</a> scored a major hit single with "<a href="/wiki/It_Never_Rains_in_Southern_California" title="It Never Rains in Southern California">It Never Rains in Southern California</a>" in 1972, which went top 10 in at least six countries including Canada and the U.S. at numbers 2 and 5, respectively. </p><p>In the spring of 1972, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Young" title="Neil Young">Neil Young</a> scored his only number-one single with "<a href="/wiki/Heart_of_Gold_(Neil_Young_song)" title="Heart of Gold (Neil Young song)">Heart of Gold</a>", from the album <i><a href="/wiki/Harvest_(Neil_Young_album)" title="Harvest (Neil Young album)">Harvest</a></i>. Topping the charts in both the U.S. and Canada, this soft rock ballad featured backing vocals from <a href="/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt" title="Linda Ronstadt">Linda Ronstadt</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Taylor" title="James Taylor">James Taylor</a>, heard near the end of the song.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973, <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney_and_Wings" title="Paul McCartney and Wings">Paul McCartney and Wings</a> had a U.S. number one with "<a href="/wiki/My_Love_(Paul_McCartney_and_Wings_song)" title="My Love (Paul McCartney and Wings song)">My Love</a>", which also reached No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary charts of both the U.S. and Canada. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mid-_to_late_1970s">Mid- to late 1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soft_rock&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mid- to late 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soft rock reached its commercial peak in the mid-to-late 1970s with acts such as <a href="/wiki/Toto_(band)" title="Toto (band)">Toto</a>, <a href="/wiki/England_Dan_%26_John_Ford_Coley" title="England Dan & John Ford Coley">England Dan & John Ford Coley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_Supply" title="Air Supply">Air Supply</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seals_and_Crofts" title="Seals and Crofts">Seals and Crofts</a>, <a href="/wiki/America_(band)" title="America (band)">America</a> and the reformed <a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_Mac" title="Fleetwood Mac">Fleetwood Mac</a>, whose <i><a href="/wiki/Rumours_(album)" title="Rumours (album)">Rumours</a></i> (1977) was the best-selling album of the decade.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Denver station <a href="/wiki/KYGO-FM#History" title="KYGO-FM">KIMN-FM</a> introduced a "mellow rock" album format in 1975. Program director Scott Kenyon told <i>Billboard</i> magazine, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Martin_Murphy" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Martin Murphy">Michael Murphey's</a> "<a href="/wiki/Wildfire_(Michael_Martin_Murphey_song)" title="Wildfire (Michael Martin Murphey song)">Wildfire</a>" is a perfect example; it feels like Colorado, you can tell it came from this part of the country. There's a sound of the Rockies... the best description is mellow rock. Take that kind of music and make it into a Colorado sounding station."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1977, some radio stations, notably New York's <a href="/wiki/WKTU" title="WKTU">WTFM</a> and <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>-owned <a href="/wiki/WQHT#WYNY_(1978–1988)" title="WQHT">WYNY</a>, had switched to an all-soft rock format.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chicago's <a href="/wiki/WBBM-FM" title="WBBM-FM">WBBM-FM</a> adopted a soft rock/album rock hybrid format in 1977 and was known as "Soft Rock 96" presenting the "Mellow sound of Chicago". Five years later, they would flip to a "Hot Hits" top 40 format.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the 1980s, tastes had changed and radio formats reflected this change, including musical artists such as <a href="/wiki/Journey_(band)" title="Journey (band)">Journey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SoftRockClassificationBBC_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SoftRockClassificationBBC-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A prominent counterpart of soft rock in the late 1970s and early 1980s came to be known as <a href="/wiki/Yacht_rock" title="Yacht rock">yacht rock</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-docksinNY_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-docksinNY-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> its name coined in 2005 by the makers of the online video series <i><a href="/wiki/Yacht_Rock_(web_series)" title="Yacht Rock (web series)">Yacht Rock</a></i>. Originating from California's session musicians, yacht rock only partially overlapped with soft rock; it could include soft to mid-level (but rarely ever purely hard) rock.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much of the "West Coast sound" of yacht rock bore similarity to some of the East Coast soft rockers of the era such as <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Holmes" title="Rupert Holmes">Rupert Holmes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hall_%26_Oates" title="Hall & Oates">Hall & Oates</a>, leading to the conflation.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soft_rock&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chicago_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Chicago_logo.svg/250px-Chicago_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Chicago_logo.svg/375px-Chicago_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Chicago_logo.svg/500px-Chicago_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="517" data-file-height="313" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chicago_(band)" title="Chicago (band)">Chicago</a> band logo. Their 1984 single "<a href="/wiki/You%27re_the_Inspiration" title="You're the Inspiration">You're the Inspiration</a>" from their fourteenth studio album <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_17" title="Chicago 17">Chicago 17</a></i> (1984) became synonymous with the soft rock radio format.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the early 1980s, the radio format evolved into what came to be known as "<a href="/wiki/Adult_contemporary_music" title="Adult contemporary music">adult contemporary</a>" or "<a href="/wiki/Adult_album_alternative" title="Adult album alternative">adult album alternative</a>", a format that has less overt rock bias than its forebear radio categorization.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Los Angeles, <a href="/wiki/KOST" title="KOST">KOST</a> 103.5 FM, under program director Jhani Kaye, debuted its soft adult contemporary format in November 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soft_rock&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soft rock persisted in the 1990s, with artists from previous decades continuing to release new music, such as <a href="/wiki/Genesis_(band)" title="Genesis (band)">Genesis</a>, whose 1992 soft rock single "<a href="/wiki/Hold_on_My_Heart" title="Hold on My Heart">Hold on My Heart</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> topped the Canadian singles chart and <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)"><i>Billboard</i> Adult Contemporary chart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Extreme_(band)" title="Extreme (band)">Extreme</a>'s 1991 single "<a href="/wiki/More_Than_Words" title="More Than Words">More Than Words</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was internationally successful, topping the national singles charts in at least five countries, including Canada and the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mr._Big_(American_band)" title="Mr. Big (American band)">Mr. Big</a>'s 1992 single "<a href="/wiki/To_Be_with_You" title="To Be with You">To Be with You</a>" was a number one hit in at least twelve countries. <a href="/wiki/Eric_Clapton" title="Eric Clapton">Eric Clapton</a>'s 1992 single "<a href="/wiki/Tears_in_Heaven" title="Tears in Heaven">Tears in Heaven</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was also successful, topping the national singles charts in Canada,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ireland,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New Zealand,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and six other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Richard_Marx" title="Richard Marx">Richard Marx</a>'s 1994 single "<a href="/wiki/Now_and_Forever_(Richard_Marx_song)" title="Now and Forever (Richard Marx song)">Now and Forever</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> topped the Canadian adult contemporary chart<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and peaked in the top ten of the national singles charts in that country,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Norway,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New bands and artists emerged such as the Danish band <a href="/wiki/Michael_Learns_to_Rock" title="Michael Learns to Rock">Michael Learns to Rock</a>, who saw massive popularity in Asia, with many singles becoming commercially successful in the continent starting with their 1991 hit "<a href="/wiki/The_Actor_(Michael_Learns_to_Rock_song)" title="The Actor (Michael Learns to Rock song)">The Actor</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Australian band <a href="/wiki/Southern_Sons" title="Southern Sons">Southern Sons</a>, who enjoyed success on the <a href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">ARIA Charts</a> with three top 10 singles.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soft_rock&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adult-oriented_rock_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Adult-oriented rock (disambiguation)">Adult-oriented rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_soft_rock_artists_and_songs" title="List of soft rock artists and songs">List of soft rock artists and songs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sentimental_ballad" title="Sentimental ballad">Sentimental ballad</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soft_rock&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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With Platinum sales in only one week, the single went up to the top slot, where it will probably stay for the next couple of weeks.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Folha+de+S.Paulo&rft.atitle=Novas+paradas+de+singles+25+de+Maio+de+1992&rft.date=1992-05-25&rft.aulast=Gon%C3%A7alves&rft.aufirst=Madalena&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASoft+rock" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=193979&pageId=2596605&lang=en&q=Clapton">"Vinsældalisti íslands"</a> [Iceland's popularity list]. <i><a href="/wiki/DV_(newspaper)" title="DV (newspaper)">DV</a></i> (in Icelandic). 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title="Beat music">Beat music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blues_rock" title="Blues rock">Blues rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boogie_rock" title="Boogie rock">Boogie rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_pop" title="Chamber pop">Chamber pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_rock" title="Christian rock">Christian rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_rock" title="Comedy rock">Comedy rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_rock" title="Country rock">Country rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_rock" title="Electronic rock">Electronic rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Experimental_rock" title="Experimental rock">Experimental rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flamenco_rock" title="Flamenco rock">Flamenco rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_rock" title="Folk rock">Folk rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garage_rock" title="Garage rock">Garage rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">Hard rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy 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title="Swamp rock">Swamp rock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arena_rock" title="Arena rock">Arena rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cock_rock" title="Cock rock">Cock rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance-rock" title="Dance-rock">Dance-rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funk_rock" title="Funk rock">Funk rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glam_rock" title="Glam rock">Glam rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heartland_rock" title="Heartland rock">Heartland rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industrial_rock" title="Industrial rock">Industrial rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_wave_music" title="New wave music">New wave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-progressive" title="Post-progressive">Post-progressive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-punk" title="Post-punk">Post-punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_pop" title="Power pop">Power pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pub_rock_(Australia)" title="Pub rock (Australia)">Pub rock (Australia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pub_rock_(United_Kingdom)" title="Pub rock (United Kingdom)">Pub rock (United Kingdom)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock">Punk rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shock_rock" title="Shock rock">Shock rock</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Soft rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_kei" title="Visual kei">Visual kei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yacht_rock" title="Yacht rock">Yacht rock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">Alternative rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deathrock" title="Deathrock">Deathrock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dream_pop" title="Dream pop">Dream pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_rock" title="Gothic rock">Gothic rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grebo_(music)" title="Grebo (music)">Grebo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grunge" title="Grunge">Grunge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indie_rock" title="Indie rock">Indie rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangle_pop" title="Jangle pop">Jangle pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rap_rock" title="Rap rock">Rap rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_kapak" title="Rock kapak">Rock kapak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoegaze" title="Shoegaze">Shoegaze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slacker_rock" title="Slacker rock">Slacker rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tropical_rock" title="Tropical rock">Trop rock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Britpop" title="Britpop">Britpop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emo" title="Emo">Emo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Math_rock" title="Math rock">Math rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-rock" title="Post-rock">Post-rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoner_rock" title="Stoner rock">Stoner rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sufi_rock" title="Sufi rock">Sufi rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viking_rock" title="Viking rock">Viking rock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional scenes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">North America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_rock" title="American rock">American</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Desert_Scene" title="Palm Desert Scene">Palm Desert Scene</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_of_Canada" title="Rock music of Canada">Canadian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Costa_Rica#Rock_music" title="Music of Costa Rica">Costa Rican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_rock" title="Cuban rock">Cuban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_rock" title="Dominican rock">Dominican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haitian_rock" title="Haitian rock">Haitian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Mexico" title="Rock music in Mexico">Mexican</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicano_rock" title="Chicano rock">Chicano rock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Music of Puerto Rico">Puerto Rican</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South America</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_rock" title="Argentine rock">Argentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_rock" title="Brazilian rock">Brazilian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_thrash_metal" title="Brazilian thrash metal">Brazilian thrash metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samba_rock" title="Samba rock">Samba rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tropic%C3%A1lia" title="Tropicália">Tropicália</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilean_rock" title="Chilean rock">Chilean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombian_rock" title="Colombian rock">Colombian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuadorian_rock" title="Ecuadorian rock">Ecuadorian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_rock" title="Peruvian rock">Peruvian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_rock" title="Uruguayan rock">Uruguayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_rock" title="Venezuelan rock">Venezuelan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Albania" title="Rock music in Albania">Albanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Belarus" title="Rock music in Belarus">Belarusian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Belgium" title="Rock music in Belgium">Belgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Rock music in Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_rock_music" title="British rock music">British</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_rock_and_roll" title="British rock and roll">British rock and roll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britpop" title="Britpop">Britpop</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Post-Britpop" title="Post-Britpop">Post-Britpop</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Croatia#Rock" title="Music of Croatia">Croatian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Denmark" title="Rock music in Denmark">Danish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_the_Netherlands" title="Rock music in the Netherlands">Dutch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indorock" title="Indorock">Indorock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nederbeat" title="Nederbeat">Nederbeat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultra_(music)" title="Ultra (music)">Ultra</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Estonia" title="Rock music in Estonia">Estonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Finland" title="Rock music in Finland">Finnish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_France" title="Rock music in France">French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Germany" title="Rock music in Germany">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Greece" title="Rock music in Greece">Greek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Hungary" title="Rock music in Hungary">Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Iceland" title="Rock music in Iceland">Icelandic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Ireland" title="Rock music in Ireland">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Italy" title="Rock music in Italy">Italian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Latvia" title="Rock music in Latvia">Latvian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Lithuania" title="Rock music in Lithuania">Lithuanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_North_Macedonia#Rock_music" title="Music of North Macedonia">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Norway" title="Rock music in Norway">Norwegian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Poland" title="Rock music in Poland">Polish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Portugal" title="Rock music in Portugal">Portuguese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Romania" title="Rock music in Romania">Romanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Russia" title="Rock music in Russia">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Serbia" title="Rock music in Serbia">Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Slovenia" title="Rock music in Slovenia">Slovenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Spain" title="Rock music in Spain">Spanish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_music_in_Sweden" title="Popular music in Sweden">Swedish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Switzerland" title="Rock music in Switzerland">Swiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Ukraine" title="Rock music in Ukraine">Ukrainian</a></li> <li>Yugoslavian <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Popular_music_in_Yugoslavia#Art_rock" title="Popular music in Yugoslavia">Art rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_music_in_Yugoslavia#Hard_rock_and_heavy_metal" title="Popular music in Yugoslavia">Hard rock and heavy metal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Popular_music_in_Yugoslavia#Extreme_metal" title="Popular music in Yugoslavia">Extreme metal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_music_in_Yugoslavia#Neo-rockabilly" title="Popular music in Yugoslavia">Neo-rockabilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_wave_music_in_Yugoslavia" title="New wave music in Yugoslavia">New wave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_music_in_Yugoslavia#Post-punk" title="Popular music in Yugoslavia">Post-punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punk_rock_in_Yugoslavia" title="Punk rock in Yugoslavia">Punk</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_rock" title="Armenian rock">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_rock" title="Azerbaijani rock">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_rock" title="Bangladeshi rock">Bangladeshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Cambodia#Cambodian_rock_and_pop" title="Music of Cambodia">Cambodian</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cambodian_rock_(1960s%E2%80%931970s)" title="Cambodian rock (1960s–1970s)">1959–1975</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_rock" title="Chinese rock">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinoy_rock" title="Pinoy rock">Filipino</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bisrock" title="Bisrock">Bisrock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_rock" title="Indian rock">Indian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_of_West_Bengal" title="Rock music of West Bengal">Bengali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raga_rock" title="Raga rock">Raga</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_rock" title="Indonesian rock">Indonesian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_rock" title="Iranian rock">Iranian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_rock" title="Israeli rock">Israeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_rock" title="Japanese rock">Japanese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visual_kei" title="Visual kei">Visual kei</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_rock" title="Korean rock">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysian_rock" title="Malaysian rock">Malaysian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_kapak" title="Rock kapak">Rock kapak</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepalese_rock" title="Nepalese rock">Nepalese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_rock" title="Pakistani rock">Pakistani</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sufi_rock" title="Sufi rock">Sufi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Russia" title="Rock music in Russia">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_rock" title="Taiwanese rock">Taiwanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_rock" title="Thai rock">Thai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anatolian_rock" title="Anatolian rock">Turkish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Angola" title="Rock music in Angola">Angolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desert_blues" title="Desert blues">Sahara desert region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zamrock" title="Zamrock">Zambian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_Australia" title="Rock music in Australia">Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_in_New_Zealand" title="Rock music in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Radio formats</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Active_rock" title="Active rock">Active rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adult_album_alternative" title="Adult album alternative">Adult album alternative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Album-oriented_rock" title="Album-oriented rock">Album-oriented rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classic_rock" title="Classic rock">Classic rock</a></li> <li><a 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title="Jazz">Jazz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">Rhythm and blues</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronics_in_rock_music" title="Electronics in rock music">Electronics in rock music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_effects_of_rock_music" title="Social effects of rock music">Social effects</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Against_Communism" title="Rock Against Communism">Rock Against Communism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Against_Racism" title="Rock Against Racism">Rock Against Racism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_Against_Sexism" title="Rock Against Sexism">Rock Against Sexism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music_and_the_fall_of_communism" title="Rock music and the fall of communism">Rock music and the fall of communism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockism_and_poptimism" title="Rockism and poptimism">Rockism and poptimism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_rock" title="Women in rock">Women in rock</a></li></ul> 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