Song · Big Country
“Just a Shadow” by Big Country
From the album Steeltown (1984)
“Just a Shadow” by Big Country appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1984 on the album Steeltown. Its best result is #1736 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,786 alternative song of all time.
"Just a Shadow" came off Steeltown, the Scottish band Big Country's 1984 album, and went out as a single on 19 January 1985, the follow-up to "Where the Rose Is Sown". The music is credited to Stuart Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler and Bruce Watson, with Adamson writing the words, and Steve Lillywhite produced it with Will Gosling engineering.
It reached number 26 in the UK, and the critics split right down the middle. Kerrang!'s Malcolm Dome called it sheer bliss and found the band inspirational, while Record Mirror's Mike Gardiner wrote it off as a mediocre album track whose soaring guitars had had their wings clipped.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1736 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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