Song · Adam Ant
“Ant Rap” by Adam Ant
“Ant Rap” by Adam Ant appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2002 and 2003. Its best result is #828 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,679 alternative song of all time.
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Adam and the Ants released "Ant Rap" as a single on November 30, 1981, a remix of the track from that year's Prince Charming album, written by Adam Ant and Marco Pirroni. It entered the UK chart at 9 that December and climbed to number three.
The video is pure pantomime. Shot at Bodiam Castle, it has Adam clanking around in armor made by Terry English, the armorer behind the same year's Excalibur, then switching into a blue American football uniform with 57 on the front, crashing through a door to find Pirroni dressed as Liberace behind a grand piano, and doing a Bruce Lee routine to rescue a princess played by Lulu. It ends with Adam leaping off the castle into the moat (a stuntman took the plunge) and an armored hand raising his tossed sword back out of the water.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1752 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 828 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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