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Flip Your Wig by Husker Du
Flip Your Wig is an album by Husker Du, released in 1985. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 22 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Makes No Sense At All”, on 17 lists with a best position of #37.
Flip Your Wig, Hüsker Dü's fourth studio album, came out on SST in September 1985 with Bob Mould producing, and it was the Saint Paul trio's farewell to the indie label before the jump to Warner Bros. It also became their best seller on SST up to then.
By now Mould, bassist Greg Norton and drummer Grant Hart had long since crossed over from hardcore into alternative rock, and the record plays to the band's two-headed strength: Mould's baritone and Hart's higher voice trading the lead from song to song, with both men writing. The buzzsaw guitars are as loud as ever, but the hooks come first, and "Makes No Sense at All" is the one that stuck, with the title track and "Every Everything" close behind.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Flip Your Wig on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makes No Sense At All | 17 | #37 | – | 1985–2024 | |
| 2 | Every Everything | 2 | #701 | – | 2002–2003 | |
| 3 | Flip Your Wig | 3 | #284 | – | 1989–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.