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“Peter Gunn” by Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy

Released 1986 Featuring Duane Eddy

“Peter Gunn” by Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy appears on 17 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1986 and 2024. It was first released in 1986. Its best result is #80 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #187 alternative song of 1986 and #1,737 alternative song of all time.

17countdowns

6stations

#80best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1986–2024years charted

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Peter Gunn Theme

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Art of Noise dragged Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn" theme into 1986 and brought Duane Eddy along to play guitar. The tune started life as the theme for the TV show of the same name, and Mancini himself said it owed more to rock and roll than to jazz: a stubborn, repeating figure over a single chord, with a sinister edge.

That made it perfect raw material for Anne Dudley, J.J. Jeczalik and Gary Langan, who arranged and produced it, and the result turns the old riff into a juggernaut, Eddy's twang cutting through crashing electronic drums and stabs of synthetic brass.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1986	80	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 1986	90

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1989	147	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)	495
1996	392	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)	500
1998	500	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)	488
1999	1198	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
1999	360	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)	1002
2000	1199	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	1206	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	1205	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2002	634	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2003	1190	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2003	1468	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)	2044
2004	1190	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	1190	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2022	724	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time	1055
2023	818	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s	850
2024	473	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs	850

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