Song · Devo
“Peekaboo!” by Devo
From the album Oh, No! It’s DEVO (1982)
“Peekaboo!” by Devo appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1982 and 1988. It was first released in 1982 on the album Oh, No! It’s DEVO. Its best result is #20 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #32 alternative song of 1982 and #6,016 alternative song of all time.
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"Peekaboo!" is Devo poking a stick at the nasty stuff under the bed. It sits on Oh, No! It's Devo, the band's fifth album, released on Warner Bros. in 1982, with bassist Gerald Casale among its writers and Roy Thomas Baker producing, Gordon Fordyce engineering. It's new wave synth-pop with a grin like a funhouse mirror.
By Casale's account, the song is about two things: the band's circus-like image, and the darker streak in people, the part everyone hides and denies in a culture that wants nothing but good behavior and happy endings. Devo's answer was to handle evil with a light touch. The single's B-side, the non-album "Find Out", later turned up as a bonus track on a CD reissue of the album, and Casale re-recorded it in 2006 with his solo project Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 20 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 341 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
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