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“Still In Hollywood” by Concrete Blonde

From the album Concrete Blonde (1986)

“Still In Hollywood” by Concrete Blonde appears on 16 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1991 and 2023. It was first released in 1986 on the album Concrete Blonde. Its best result is #157 on The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,824 alternative song of all time.

16countdowns

4stations

#157best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1991–2023years charted

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"Still in Hollywood" was the first thing most people ever heard from Concrete Blonde: their debut single, issued in December 1986 off the band's self-titled first album, after I.R.S. Records had signed them earlier that year. Johnette Napolitano wrote it alone, sings it and plays bass, with James Mankey on guitar and Harry Rushakoff on drums, and Earle Mankey produced it with the band. It's lean and wiry and restless, the sound of a band with something to prove.

I.R.S. pushed it with a video meant to show the band at their scrappy, street-level best, and between the single and the album they built up a sizable cult following. Napolitano marveled at kids in Toronto and Syracuse bellowing it back at shows, and at fans who came up to tell her how much they hated their own hometowns.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#2,824 of all time

Indie & Adult Alternative

#1,051 of the '80s

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1991	469	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991)	500
1999	1468	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	1468	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	1471	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	1469	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2003	1452	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2003	1465	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)	2044
2004	1452	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	1450	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	1861	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1815	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1841	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	1890	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	1972	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2023	603	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s	850
2023	157	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places	800

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