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Watusi by Wedding Present
Watusi is an album by Wedding Present, released in 1994. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Swimming Pools, Movie Stars”, on 1 list with a best position of #15.
Watusi, the Wedding Present's 1994 album for Island Records, followed Seamonsters and put David Gedge's Leeds band in the hands of producer Steve Fisk. Two years after the 1992 run that saw them land a top 40 single for every month of the year, Gedge, Simon Smith, Paul Dorrington and Darren Belk sound looser here, the C86-bred jangle scuffed up and nudged toward something poppier and more playful, with "Swimming Pools, Movie Stars," "Click Click," "So Long Baby" and "Spangle" all finding room on the countdowns.
It peaked at number 47 on the UK Albums chart, but the band clearly still loves it. After an Edsel reissue in 2014 they played it start to finish on that autumn's UK tour, and they did it again at several 2024 shows once a deluxe reissue had added the b-sides from its two singles and the Versions 10-inch outtakes EP. Saturnalia came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Watusi on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swimming Pools, Movie Stars | 1 | #15 | – | 1994 | |
| 2 | Click Click | 1 | #30 | – | 1994 | |
| 3 | So Long Baby | 1 | #37 | – | 1994 | |
| 4 | Spangle | 1 | #39 | – | 1994 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.