Song · Aztec Camera
“Good Morning Britain” by Aztec Camera
From the album Stray (1990)
“Good Morning Britain” by Aztec Camera appears on 11 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1990 and 2026. It was first released in 1990 on the album Stray. Its best result is #22 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #61 alternative song of 1990 and #4,106 alternative song of all time.
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"Good Morning Britain" found Roddy Frame, the Scottish songwriter at the heart of Aztec Camera, calling in a special guest: Mick Jones, of the Clash and Big Audio Dynamite. It came out in 1990 as the second single pulled from Stray, Aztec Camera's fourth album, with Frame co-producing alongside Eric Calvi.
Frame wrote it alone, and with Jones riding shotgun on guitar his usual jangly polish gets roughed up into something rowdier and more strutting. It reached 19 in the UK, which Frame took as a letdown, blaming the acid house wave that had just swept the country, and 12 on the American Alternative Songs chart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 70 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 | 107 |
| 1990 | 22 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 856 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 1999 | 1768 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1769 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1769 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1758 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1741 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1741 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1743 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2026 | 731 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
Also listed as: Good Morning, Britain.
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