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“Walking On Broken Glass” by Annie Lennox

From the album Diva (1992)

“Walking On Broken Glass” by Annie Lennox appears on 30 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1992 and 2026. It was first released in 1992 on the album Diva. Its best result is #29 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #30 alternative song of 1992 and #1,492 alternative song of all time.

30countdowns
13stations
#29best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1992–2026years charted

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Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass (Official Video)

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"Walking on Broken Glass" was the third single from Diva, the Scottish singer's 1992 solo debut, and it went out in August of that year on BMG and Arista. Annie Lennox wrote it alone, Stephen Lipson produced and Heff Moraes engineered, and the trick of it is the mismatch: the music bounces and sparkles while the words describe trying to keep going with a breakup still cutting underfoot.

Sophie Muller directed the video, with John Malkovich in the cast, and it was nominated for British Video of the Year at the 1993 Brit Awards and for Best Female Video at that year's MTV Video Music Awards. The single went to number one in Canada and made the top 10 in the UK and Ireland, and in 1994 it won an ASCAP award as one of the most performed songs.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1992 36 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 107
1992 59 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1992 91
1992 29 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 105
1992 36 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 101
1992 34 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 456 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 442 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1999 736 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 787 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 790 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 790 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1141 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 790 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 790 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 790 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1534 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1535 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1556 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1587 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1655 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1716 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1782 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2019 721 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2019 721 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2021 86 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 756 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 865 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2023 138 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2025 150 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500
2026 424 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

Also listed as: Walking on Broken Glass.

Charting alongside it in 1992

Best songs of 1992 →
  1. 1Friday I'm in LoveThe Cure
  2. 2Under the BridgeRed Hot Chili Peppers
  3. 3DriveR.E.M.
  4. 4OneU2
  5. 5JeremyPearl Jam
  6. 6TomorrowMorrissey

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