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“Strip” by Adam Ant

From the album Strip (1983)

“Strip” by Adam Ant appears on 27 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1983 and 2022. It was first released in 1983 on the album Strip. Its best result is #8 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #11 alternative song of 1983, #852 alternative song of all time and #262 of the '80s.

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"Strip" is the title track of Adam Ant's 1983 album, written with guitarist Marco Pirroni, and it comes with an unlikely man at the controls: Phil Collins produced it, with Hugh Padgham as co-producer, and Collins also shares the drums with Richard James Burgess. Ant sings lead and plays the bass himself, while Pirroni handles guitar.

The result is sleek, cheeky and very much a single, a tight, knowing strut, with a heavyweight drum sound under Ant's arch, playful vocal. It's pop with a wink, and it knows it.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 28 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 107
1983 8 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 130 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 447 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 209 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 114 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 344 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 114 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 704 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 1047 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1047 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1047 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1052 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1051 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1389 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1036 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1404 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 1036 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1036 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1116 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1047 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1067 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1109 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1147 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1207 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1258 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 448 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500

Charting alongside it in 1983

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  4. 4Every Breath You TakeThe Police
  5. 5Rebel YellBilly Idol
  6. 6In a Big CountryBig Country

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