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“Petrol” by Ash
From the album Trailer (1994)
“Petrol” by Ash appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1994. It was first released in 1994 on the album Trailer. Its best result is #33 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #210 alternative song of 1994.
Ash put "Petrol" out on 15 August 1994, the follow-up to "Jack Names the Planets": the second single from their mini-album Trailer and the first to come out on Infectious Records. Tim Wheeler and Mark Hamilton wrote it together, and it went back to the band's "Garage Girl" demo tape. Word has it the song is about being "lynched" by a gang, which tells you this Northern Irish band wasn't in the valentine business.
It came out on CD and seven-inch vinyl, the vinyl limited to 500 copies in numbered picture sleeves, and it snuck into the UK chart at 96, the band's first single to crack the top 100. "Uncle Pat" came next, and "Petrol" later resurfaced on the live album Live at the Wireless and on Intergalactic Sonic 7″s, their first greatest-hits set.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 33 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994 | 50 |
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