Song · Dead Kennedys
“Viva Las Vegas” by Dead Kennedys
From the album Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
“Viva Las Vegas” by Dead Kennedys appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1996 and 2024. It was first released in 1980 on the album Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables. Its best result is #440 on the KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,204 alternative song of all time.
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"Viva Las Vegas" started out as an Elvis Presley number, written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman for his 1964 film of the same name, and Dead Kennedys hauled it onto their 1980 debut album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables. Handing that glitzy movie-musical postcard to Jello Biafra is a joke in itself, and he sings it like he's in on it.
East Bay Ray plays electric guitar and doubles as assistant producer, Klaus Flouride is on bass and Ted on drums, with Norm producing and Oliver DiCicco engineering.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 440 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) | 500 |
| 2002 | 1318 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1052 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2024 | 486 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
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