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“Contact” by Big Audio Dynamite

From the album Megatop Phoenix (1989)

“Contact” by Big Audio Dynamite appears on 21 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1989 and 2021. It was first released in 1989 on the album Megatop Phoenix. Its best result is #29 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #44 alternative song of 1989, #1,079 alternative song of all time and #323 of the '80s.

21countdowns
6stations
#29best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1989–2021years charted

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Contact (Single Edit)

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"Contact" came off Big Audio Dynamite's Megatop Phoenix in 1989, a Mick Jones and Dan Donovan co-write that plays like a dance floor wired straight into a guitar amp. Jones handles the guitar, Donovan the keyboards, Leo Williams and Greg Roberts lock bass and drums into a strutting groove, and Don Letts sprays effects over the top like a DJ with a can of paint. Everybody in the lineup gets a turn at the mic. Jones produced it with Bill Price, who also recorded and mixed it, keeping the whole collage sharp and the beat heavy.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 36 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 107
1989 29 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 105

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 351 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1999 764 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 804 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1344 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 576 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1442 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1403 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1409 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1284 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1335 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1342 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1376 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 722 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909

Charting alongside it in 1989

Best songs of 1989 →
  1. 1Love SongThe Cure
  2. 2StandR.E.M.
  3. 3Here Comes Your ManThe Pixies
  4. 4She Drives Me CrazyFine Young Cannibals
  5. 5Love ShackThe B-52's
  6. 6Personal JesusDepeche Mode

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