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“Bruise Violet” by Babes In Toyland
From the album Fontanelle (1992)
“Bruise Violet” by Babes In Toyland appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1992 and 2023. It was first released in 1992 on the album Fontanelle. Its best result is #9 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #111 alternative song of 1992.
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"Bruise Violet" came off Fontanelle, Babes in Toyland's 1992 album, as the band's third single and the record's second, pressed on purple seven-inch vinyl with early, unpolished takes of the song. Kat Bjelland co-produced it with Lee Ranaldo, Brian Paulson engineered and Dave Ogilvie mixed, and the writing credit names the band along with Bjelland, Lori Barbero and Maureen Herman.
The video, shot in August 1992 around Minneapolis and New York, at CBGB and on the Brooklyn Bridge, was directed by Gretchen Bender and stars Cindy Sherman, ten women from a Brooklyn motorcycle gang and ten extras decked out in blonde wigs and babydoll dresses so they'd look like Bjelland: a whole army of Kats. It premiered on MTV's 120 Minutes that October and later turned up on Beavis and Butt-Head, in the episode "Babes-R-Us".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 9 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 165 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 395 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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