Album · Iggy Pop
Instinct by Iggy Pop
Instinct is an album by Iggy Pop, released in 1988. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “High on You”, on 1 list with a best position of #79.
Instinct, Iggy Pop's eighth studio album, came out on A&M in June 1988, and it's the sound of a man refusing to take the hint. After Blah Blah Blah had given him a taste of the charts, the label wanted another hit; Iggy wanted a guitar in his face. So he went heavy and hard, and he brought Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones along to co-write four of the songs with him, while Bill Laswell produced.
The result is all muscle and snarl, Jones laying down slabs of riffing and Iggy barking over the top like the Stooges never went out of style. "High on You" and "Cold Metal" were the tracks the countdowns picked up, and the latter title just about sums up the whole record: hard, gleaming and in no mood to be anybody's pop comeback.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Instinct on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High on You | 1 | #79 | – | 1988 | |
| 2 | Cold Metal | 1 | #80 | – | 1988 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.