Song · Bang Tango
“Someone Like You” by Bang Tango
From the album Psycho Cafe (1989)
“Someone Like You” by Bang Tango appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2002. It was first released in 1989 on the album Psycho Cafe. Its best result is #612 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,272 hard rock song of all time.
"Someone Like You" comes off Psycho Café, Bang Tango's first full-length album, a 1989 release that Howard Benson produced for a band coming up through the L.A. glam metal scene. Singer Joe Lesté wrote the words, and the music is credited to five writers: Lesté, Kyle Keiderling, Tigg Ketler, Mark Knight and Kyle Stevens.
The video became a fixture on MTV in the early 1990s, and LA Weekly later slotted "Someone Like You" at number 9 on its list of the ten greatest one-hit wonders of the hair metal era, a backhanded honor that at least proves the song stuck.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 612 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 2002 | 658 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
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