Shooting Star

~ Recording by Bad Company

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad CompanyStraight ShooterBad CompanyAlbum
  • US1975-04-12
Swan SongSS 8413
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad CompanyStraight ShooterBad CompanyAlbum
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)ILPS 9304
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad CompanyStraight ShooterBad CompanyAlbum
Swan SongSS 8502
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad Company10 from 6Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1985-12-28
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)CD 81625
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad Company10 From 6Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7 81625-2, 81625-2
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad Company10 From 6 (BMG club edition)Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)7 81625-2, D 160321
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad Company10 from 6Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
  • -1985
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7 81625-2
1.4Shooting Star6:15Bad Company10 From 6Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7 81625-2, 81625-2
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad Company10 From 6 (made in Japan)Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7 81625-2
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad Company10 From 6Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)ATXD 18
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad Company10 From 6Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.), Swan SongA2 81625
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad Company10 From 6Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)ATXD 9855
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad Company10 From 6Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1986-11-26
  • GB1986-12-08
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-81625-2
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad CompanyStraight ShooterBad CompanyAlbum
Swan Song8502-2, SS 8502-2
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad CompanyStraight ShooterBad CompanyAlbum
Swan SongSS 8502-2
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad CompanyStraight ShooterBad CompanyAlbum
  • DE1989-03-09
Swan Song7567-90333-2
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad Company10 From 6Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1990-06-25
Swan SongAMCY-94
1.3Shooting Star6:15Bad CompanySounds of the Seventies: FM Rock IVVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicOPCD-2691, SOD-29
1.4Shooting Star6:19Bad CompanyStraight ShooterBad CompanyAlbum
  • DE1994-07-22
Swan Song7567-92436-2
1.4Shooting Star6:19Bad CompanyStraight Shooter (BMG club edition)Bad CompanyAlbum
Swan Song, BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)92436-2, D105815
1.4Shooting Star6:19Bad CompanyStraight ShooterBad CompanyAlbum
Swan Song92436-2
1.9Shooting Star6:16Bad CompanyClassic Rock: 1973-1979Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 559/13
1.15Shooting Star6:14Bad CompanyTriple M Unleashed AgainVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)488273-2
1.11Shooting Star6:16Bad CompanyThe ‘Original’ Bad Co. AnthologyBad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-03-23
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)7559-62391-2
1.11Shooting Star6:16Bad CompanyThe ‘Original’ Bad Co. AnthologyBad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)7559-62391-2
1.11Shooting Star6:16Bad CompanyThe ‘Original’ Bad Co. AnthologyBad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)62391-2
1.11Shooting Star6:16Bad CompanyThe ‘Original’ Bad Co. AnthologyBad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)EKCD 6273 Z
1.16Shooting Star6:12Bad CompanyThe No.1 70's CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music S.A.DGCD013
1.4Shooting Star6:17Bad CompanyWonderlandVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2003-09-30
Epic SoundtraxEK 90661
1.4Shooting Star6:17Bad CompanyWonderlandVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • GB2004-04-12
1.4Shooting Star6:19Bad CompanyStraight ShooterBad CompanyAlbum
Swan SongWPCR-12543
1.6Shooting Star6:16Bad CompanyClassic RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-12-01
Virgin TVVTDCD 929
1.4Shooting Star6:19Bad CompanyStraight ShooterBad CompanyAlbum
  • JP2010-09-22
Swan SongWPCR-13903
1.4Shooting Star6:14Bad CompanyStraight Shooter (Limited Edition, Numbered)Bad CompanyAlbum
  • US2011-06-21
Audio FidelityAFZ 117
2.10Shooting Star6:15Bad CompanyWhile My Guitar Gently WeepsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2014-11-03
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)5355109
2.4Shooting Star6:18Bad CompanyOriginal Album SeriesBad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
Swan Song8122795924
1.4Shooting Star6:19Bad CompanyStraight Shooter (remaster, deluxe edition)Bad CompanyAlbum
  • XE2015-04-06
Rhino (reissue label), Swan Song081227955533
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad CompanyStraight Shooter (2015 remaster)Bad CompanyAlbum
  • XW2015-04-07
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)
1.4Shooting Star6:19Bad CompanyStraight Shooter (2015 remaster)Bad CompanyAlbum
  • XW2015-04-07
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)
1.4Shooting Star6:19Bad CompanyStraight Shooter (2015 remaster, deluxe edition, iTunes)Bad CompanyAlbum
  • XW2015-04-07
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)
1.4Shooting Star6:17Bad CompanyStraight Shooter (2015 remaster, deluxe edition)Bad CompanyAlbum
  • XW2015-04-07
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad CompanyStraight Shooter (2015 remaster, deluxe edition)Bad CompanyAlbum
  • XW2015-04-07
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad CompanyStraight Shooter (2015 remaster, iTunes)Bad CompanyAlbum
  • XW2015-04-07
Rhino (reissue label)
1.4Shooting Star6:17Bad CompanyStraight Shooter (bonus LP of rare & unreleased recordings)Bad CompanyAlbum
  • XE2015-04-16
Rhino (reissue label), Swan Song8122795551, R1 547492
1.8Shooting Star6:20Bad CompanyRock ’n’ Roll Fantasy the Very Best of Bad CompanyBad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2015-10-02
Swan Song081227952358
1.8Shooting Star6:20Bad CompanyRock ’n’ Roll Fantasy the Very Best of Bad CompanyBad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!)
1.3Shooting Star6:16Bad CompanyI, TonyaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2017-12-05
Milan (main imprint of Milan Entertainment, Inc. and Éditions Milan Music)M2-36927
2.4Shooting Star6:19Bad CompanyThe Swan Song Years: 1974–1982 (Remastered)Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2019-08-02
Rhino (reissue label), Swan Song603497854592, R2 584500
1.4Shooting Star6:15Bad Company10 From 6 (Rhino Rocktober milky clear vinyl)Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2023-10-06
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)603497829682, R1 81625
1.4Shooting Star6:14Bad CompanyStraight Shooter (Atlantic 75)Bad CompanyAlbum
Analogue Productions, Swan SongAPA 037-45, SS 8413
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad Company10 From 6Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7 81625-2, 81625-2
1.4Shooting Star6:15Bad Company10 From 6Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7 81625-2, 81625-2
1.4Shooting Star6:18Bad CompanyStraight ShooterBad CompanyAlbum
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)ATXD 15
1.4Shooting Star6:16Bad CompanyStraight ShooterBad CompanyAlbum
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
(unknown)
4.6Shooting Star6:14Bad CompanyCollection of the Best Songs 1974–1999Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
  • -2011
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)
1.5Shooting Star6:19Bad Company(Superstars Best Collection)Bad CompanyAlbum + Compilation
R-060018

Relationships

recording engineer:Ron Nevison (in 1974-09)
producer:Bad Company (British blues-rock supergroup)
mixer:Ron Nevison
drums (drum set):Simon Kirke
electric bass guitar:Boz Burrell (English musician)
guitar:Mick Ralphs
Paul Rodgers
keyboard:Mick Ralphs
piano and lead vocals:Paul Rodgers
publisher:Badco Music, Inc.
recorded at:Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (in 1974-09)
mixed at:AIR Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:Shooting Star (in 1974-09)

Related works

Shooting Star

lyricist and composer:Paul Rodgers
publisher:Badco Music, Inc.
later parody versions:Shoestring Tie-Er
later translated versions:Überstar