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“Friend or Foe” by Adam Ant
From the album Friend or Foe (1982)
“Friend or Foe” by Adam Ant appears on 12 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1988 and 2014. It was first released in 1982 on the album Friend or Foe. Its best result is #221 on the KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,067 alternative song of all time.
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"Friend or Foe" is the title track of Adam Ant's first solo album and the single that followed "Goody Two Shoes" in 1982, landing a month ahead of the record. It's a brassy, hectic stomp: Adam sings, plays bass and bangs away on marimba and percussion, Marco Pirroni's guitar slashes through, Bogdan Wiczling pounds the drums, and Jeff Daly's saxophone and Martin Drover's trumpet blare like a marching band that's lost the parade route. Ant and Pirroni wrote it and produced it themselves.
It made number 9 in the UK, though it never came out as a single in America, and the video, which Adam directed, got heavy rotation on MTV anyway. For the flip side he dusted off "Juanito the Bandito", an old song of his from 1977.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 221 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1989 | 498 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 2002 | 1568 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 2001 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 1070 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2007 | 1702 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1671 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1683 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1722 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1794 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1849 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1916 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
Also listed as: Friend Or Foe.
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