Song · Dave Edmunds
“Crawling From The Wreckage” by Dave Edmunds
From the album Repeat When Necessary (1979)
“Crawling From The Wreckage” by Dave Edmunds appears on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1999 and 2022. It was first released in 1979 on the album Repeat When Necessary. Its best result is #511 on the WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,990 alternative song of all time.
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Dave Edmunds cut "Crawling From The Wreckage" for his 1979 album Repeat When Necessary, and the song reached him secondhand. Graham Parker wrote it not long after walking away from a car accident, never liked it much, and couldn't get it right with his own band the Rumour: every take kept turning into another of his old shuffles. So he rang Edmunds from the studio and offered it up, and Edmunds said yes.
Edmunds produced it himself and sings it, trading guitars with Billy Bremner while Nick Lowe works the bass and Terry Williams pounds the kit. What Parker's crew couldn't crack comes out here as a lean, revved-up blast of rockabilly with new wave edges, a song born of a wreck that sounds like it's still flooring the pedal. Rockpile, Edmunds' band, and Parker himself later put out their own versions.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 829 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 880 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 881 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 881 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2010 | 511 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2022 | 881 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
Also listed as: Crawling from the Wreckage.
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