Song · Candy Flip
“Strawberry Fields Forever” by Candy Flip
From the album Madstock... (1991)
“Strawberry Fields Forever” by Candy Flip appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1990 and 2024. It was first released in 1991 on the album Madstock.... Its best result is #39 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #40 alternative song of 1990 and #4,457 alternative song of all time.
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Candy Flip took the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" and dragged it onto the dancefloor, and the gamble paid off: the Madchester group's makeover cracked the top ten in both the UK and Ireland in 1990, then landed on their 1991 album Madstock...
Underneath, it's still the Lennon–McCartney song, John Lennon's hazy recollection of a childhood garden at a children's home in Liverpool. But Candy Flip turn it into a loose-limbed, blissed-out groove, so the whole thing sounds less like a trip down memory lane than the last happy hour of an all-night party, everyone swaying and nobody in a hurry to go home.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 71 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 | 107 |
| 1990 | 64 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990 | 91 |
| 1990 | 39 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990 | 105 |
| 1990 | 57 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 55 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) | 299 |
| 2024 | 620 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
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