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Cover of Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! by Devo
Cover: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

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“(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction” by Devo

From the album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)

“(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction” by Devo appears on 36 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1989 and 2024. It was first released in 1978 on the album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!. Its best result is #12 on The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #314 alternative song of all time.

36countdowns
8stations
#12best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1989–2024years charted

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Devo's take on "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", the Mick Jagger and Keith Richards song, landed in 1978 on Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, with Brian Eno producing and Conny Plank engineering. Where the Stones swaggered, Devo twitch: the riff gets chopped into nervous little spasms, the beat stutters and jerks like a machine with a loose wire, and the frustration of the original is turned into something robotic and absurd. It's a cover that treats a sacred rock text like a lab specimen, dissecting the famous hook until it sounds like it was built in a factory.

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#StationCountdownof
1989 242 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 225 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1992 235 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 385 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 131 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 256 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 128 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 421 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 466 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 149 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 313 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 615 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 124 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 313 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 126 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 320 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 128 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 320 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 222 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 76 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 320 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 103 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 320 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 67 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 321 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 102 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2006 62 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006) 107
2007 811 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 757 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 775 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 793 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 820 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 853 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 899 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 127 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2024 12 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850

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