Devil In My Head

"Devil In My Head" is a song from Lita Ford's eighth studio album, Living Like A Runaway. As my personal favorite song from the album, its debut was highly anticipated and came following her concert at Destination Daytona in Ormond Beach, Florida which I attended. "Devil In My Head" debuted at #12 the week of October 28, 2012 and became her eighth #1 the following week, tying Madonna and Kelly Clarkson for the record most JT40 #1s.

With three big number one hits under her belt in 2012 on Jessica's Top 40, the year was clearly all about Lita Ford. But three chart-toppers weren't enough by the time I finally had the chance to see her in concert in October 2012 - she needed a fourth.

Four seemed to be the magic number for my core artists when it came to chart domination. During my chart's glory days, Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos, Pearl Jam and Dolores O'Riordan had each earned four #1 singles at their chart peaks, and Adele did the same in 2011. So it seemed only natural that Lita would do it as well.

Lita's fourth chart entry from Living Like A Runaway was "Devil In My Head", which grew to become my favorite song from the album with repeated listens thanks to its heavy guitar riffs and catchy chorus. Lita said she worked with producer Gary Hoey and lyricist Michael Dan Ehmig on tracks such as "Devil" to give the songs "a lot of meaning and that special emotional depth."

Blabbermouth's review of the Living Like A Runaway album said although the latter part of the album - where "Devil" is track 7 - isn't as good as the first, "it sure is gnarly hearing Lita decorate the entire album with some of the finest batch of solos she's pulled off since (her first two solo albums) Out for Blood and Dancin' On the Edge."

"Devil In My Head" debuted at #12 on Jessica's Top 40 on October 27, 2012, immediately following her concert at Destination Daytona in Ormond Beach, Florida which I attended. The song jumped to #1 the following week, becoming the fourth #1 from Living Like A Runaway and her eighth overall, tying Madonna and Kelly Clarkson for most #1 songs of all time. The song's eighth week at #1 on December 30, 2012 marked Lita's 29th week at #1 in 2012, breaking the record for most weeks at #1 in one year by one week; Madonna spent 28 weeks at #1 in 2003.