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Colour by Numbers by Culture Club
Colour by Numbers is an album by Culture Club, released in 1983. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 13 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Church of the Poison Mind”, on 9 lists with a best position of #5.
Colour by Numbers, Culture Club's second album, came out on Virgin on 10 October 1983 in Britain and three days later in America, with Steve Levine producing. It arrived on the back of "Karma Chameleon", a number one in several countries, and Boy George, Roy Hay, Mikey Craig and Jon Moss were suddenly everywhere.
This is the band at its most confident, soul-boy pop dipped in reggae and calypso with a country lilt on "Karma Chameleon", George's smoky, pleading voice gliding over the top. "Church of the Poison Mind" is a stomping, gospel-fired rave-up, and "Miss Me Blind" slinks in on a guitar that sounds borrowed from a Latin dance floor. It went to number one in Britain and has sold 10 million copies, triple platinum at home and quadruple platinum in the US. The next year the band collected the Brit for Best British Group and the Grammy for Best New Artist.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Colour by Numbers on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Church of the Poison Mind | 9 | #5 | – | 1983–2021 | |
| 2 | Miss Me Blind | 4 | #33 | – | 1983–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.