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A Grand Don’t Come for Free by The Streets
A Grand Don’t Come for Free is an album by The Streets, released in 2004. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 26 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Dry Your Eyes”, on 20 lists and voted number one once.
A Grand Don't Come for Free, the second album Mike Skinner made as the Streets, came out in May 2004 on Locked On and 679, and it's a whole story told in one sitting: a rap opera about a bloke whose grand goes missing from his home while his romance with a girl called Simone plays out alongside it. Skinner half-raps, half-talks his way through, a sharp-eyed narrator of everyday mishaps over skittering, homespun beats.
"Fit but You Know It" is the rowdy, grinning single, and "Dry Your Eyes", the album's tender low point, gave the Streets their only number-one single.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from A Grand Don’t Come for Free on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dry Your Eyes | 20 | #1 | 1 | 2004–2025 | |
| 2 | Fit But You Know It | 6 | #17 | – | 2004–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.