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“Nowhere Girl” by B-Movie

Released 1980

“Nowhere Girl” by B-Movie appears on 26 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1983 and 2008. It was first released in 1980. Its best result is #5 on the KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #59 alternative song of 1983, #522 alternative song of all time and #322 of the '80s.

26countdowns
8stations
#5best position
0#1 finishes
3top 10 finishes
1983–2008years charted

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"Nowhere Girl" first came out as a single from English new wave band B-Movie on 2 November 1980, written by Rick Holliday and Steve Hovington, and it's a cold, gleaming slice of new wave melancholy, a song that's been called a tale of alienation and sounds every bit of it. Moody, lonely and still somehow danceable, it's the soundtrack for staring out of a rain-streaked bus window.

It took a while to find its people. A 1982 reissue reached 67 in the UK and 20 in Sweden, and the song went on to top charts across Europe, pick up plenty of airplay and get a performance on the Spanish TV show Tocata. The band re-recorded it for their first studio album, Forever Running, released on Sire in 1985, and went back to it once more in 2016 for Climate of Fear on Cleopatra Records.

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

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1983 90 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1983 107
1983 32 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1983 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 169 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 9 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 117 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 127 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 12 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1990 70 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) 299
1991 42 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 117 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 7 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 139 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 5 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 45 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 28 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 43 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 31 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 346 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 71 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 61 Channel 104.9 Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999) 104
1999 396 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 374 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2002 885 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 674 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2006 181 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2008 317 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500

Charting alongside it in 1983

Best songs of 1983 →
  1. 1New Year's DayU2
  2. 2Let's DanceDavid Bowie
  3. 3The LovecatsThe Cure
  4. 4Every Breath You TakeThe Police
  5. 5Rebel YellBilly Idol
  6. 6In a Big CountryBig Country

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