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“Movie Star” by Cracker
From the album Kerosene Hat (1993)
“Movie Star” by Cracker appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1993 on the album Kerosene Hat. Its best result is #1179 on the CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,714 alternative song of all time.
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David Lowery wrote "Movie Star" for Kerosene Hat, Cracker's second album, which Virgin released on August 24, 1993, with Don Smith producing, and the title suits the place the band ended up making it. A 1992 plan to cut the whole record live to tape was dropped (four of those in-studio takes came out that year as the Tucson EP), and the band went looking for somewhere away from Los Angeles and the pull of their label.
They checked out a few spots, a Palm Springs house that had once been Frank Sinatra's among them, before landing in a run-down soundstage in Pioneertown, California, part of an old movie set where Westerns and TV shows had been filmed. Guitarist Johnny Hickman remembered it as more barn than soundstage.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1240 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1240 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1196 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1195 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1180 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1180 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1179 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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