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Why Are People Grudgeful? by The Fall
Why Are People Grudgeful? is an EP by The Fall, released in 1993. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Lost In Music”, on 1 list with a best position of #19.
The Fall's Why Are People Grudgeful? EP turned up in the spring of 1993, and its title track finds Mark E. Smith rummaging through the Jamaican crates. The song is built on a pair of 1968 records, Lee Perry's "People Funny Boy" and Joe Gibbs's retort "People Grudgeful", sides now counted among reggae's very earliest, and Smith drags that old feud home to Greater Manchester, barking over the groove in his trademark half-spoken snarl. It crept to number 43 on the UK singles chart, about as near the mainstream as this band ever bothered to get.
Behind him stand Craig Scanlon on guitar, Steve Hanley and his circling bass lines, Simon Wolstencroft and the returning Karl Burns on drums, and Dave Bush. Elsewhere on the EP, "Lost In Music" and "Glam Racket" lean toward the dancefloor, riding the repetitive, alternative-dance pulse the Fall were chasing in the early '90s.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Why Are People Grudgeful? on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lost In Music | 1 | #19 | – | 1993 | |
| 2 | Glam Racket | 1 | #20 | – | 1993 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.