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Boy George

Solo artist Bexley United Kingdom

Boy George is an artist from Bexley. Boy George has 9 chart appearances on 9 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 1993–2021. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The Crying Game”, which appears on 9 lists with a best position of #38. The station that charted Boy George most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1993.

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1993–2021years

Boy George had already lived a whole pop lifetime by the time he went solo in 1987. Born George O'Dowd in 1961, he came up through London's New Romantic scene with an androgynous look that owed plenty to Marc Bolan and David Bowie, did a brief stint fronting Bow Wow Wow as Lieutenant Lush, and in 1981 put together Culture Club with Mikey Craig, Jon Moss and Roy Hay. Kissing to Be Clever and Colour by Numbers sold by the millions around the world, with "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", "Church of the Poison Mind" and "Karma Chameleon" among the hits, and that silky, soul-soaked voice at the center of it all.

Culture Club split in 1986, and on his own George went wherever his ear led him: pop, soul, disco, reggae and dance music, a spell leading Jesus Loves You and, later, a second career as a DJ. "Everything I Own" gave him a solo hit, and "The Crying Game", from the soundtrack to the film of the same name, is a lush, smoky torch song that suits that voice down to the ground.

Culture Club have since re-formed twice, and in 2015 he received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Services to British Music.

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

Songs by Boy George on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	The Crying Game	315	9	#38	–	1993

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Songs by other artists credited with Boy George as a guest.

1Somebody to Love Me Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. featuring Boy George1 list

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2021	145	The Crying Game	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2005	1540	The Crying Game	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	1542	The Crying Game	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	1542	The Crying Game	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	1538	The Crying Game	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001	1541	The Crying Game	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
1999	1540	The Crying Game	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1993	79	The Crying Game	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993
1993	38	The Crying Game	Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993

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