Song · Bow Wow Wow
“Chihuahua” by Bow Wow Wow
From the album See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah! City All Over, Go Ape Crazy (1981)
“Chihuahua” by Bow Wow Wow appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1981 and 1988. It was first released in 1981 on the album See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah! City All Over, Go Ape Crazy. Its best result is #70 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #70 alternative song of 1981 and #5,963 alternative song of all time.
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"Chihuahua" comes off Bow Wow Wow's debut album, the tongue-twisting See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah! City All Over, Go Ape Crazy, which RCA released on 16 October 1981 after the English new wave band had split from EMI. Alan Tarney produced it, and the writing credit goes to Matthew Ashman, Dave Barbarossa, Leigh Gorman and Malcolm McLaren.
To push the record, the band supported the Pretenders and the Police on American dates and Queen in Europe, then toured Japan with Madness in May 1982. Cherry Red has since brought the album back, as a two-disc set in 2010 and in full inside the 2018 box Your Box Set Pet.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 70 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1981 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 335 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
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