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Blow Monkeys

Band London United Kingdom Formed 1981

Blow Monkeys formed in 1981 in London, United Kingdom. Blow Monkeys has 17 chart appearances on 17 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 1986–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Digging Your Scene”, which appears on 16 lists with a best position of #43. The station that charted Blow Monkeys most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1986.

17appearances

17countdowns

2songs charted

7stations

0#1 finishes

1986–2024years

The Blow Monkeys got together in London in 1981 and put out their first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow", the following year, but it took until 1986 and "Digging Your Scene" for the rest of the world to notice. That song, from the album Animal Magic, was their first hit, getting to number 12 in Britain and number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 that August: sleek, smooth and knowing, the kind of sophisticated pop that sounds best on a late-night radio dial.

It opened the door to a busy run: between 1986 and 1990 they put four albums and eleven singles on the UK charts, with a lineup built around Dr. Robert, Neville Henry and drummer Tony Kiley. The band called it quits as the '90s began, but that wasn't the end of the story. The original members got back together in late 2007, and they've kept going since, with thirteen albums to their name in all.

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

Songs by Blow Monkeys on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Digging Your Scene	491	16	#43	–	1986
2	You Don't Own Me	44	1	#477	–	–

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

1986Animal Magic1 charting song

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2024	477	You Don't Own Me	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs
2023	745	Digging Your Scene	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s
2022	875	Digging Your Scene	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022
2014	1422	Digging Your Scene	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	1360	Digging Your Scene	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011	1303	Digging Your Scene	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	1250	Digging Your Scene	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	1220	Digging Your Scene	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008	1202	Digging Your Scene	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	1259	Digging Your Scene	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2003	1790	Digging Your Scene	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002	1295	Digging Your Scene	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
1999	568	Digging Your Scene	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1992	441	Digging Your Scene	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1992	297	Digging Your Scene	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992)
1988	389	Digging Your Scene	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)
1986	43	Digging Your Scene	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986

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