Artist · chart history
Dominatrix
Band 80's Synth Pop
Dominatrix has 4 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988–1991. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #59. The station that charted Dominatrix most often is Live 105 (San Francisco, CA), with 3 appearances.
Some acts get a whole career; Dominatrix got one record, and it has outlasted plenty of careers. Out of New York City in 1984 came "The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight", a chilly, clipped slice of synth-pop from the duo of Stuart Argabright and Dominique Davalos that caught fire in the clubs.
The group itself didn't hang around long, but the single refused to go away. Its cool machine pulse and dancefloor strut fed straight into freestyle, and that influence is why the name still carries weight long after the duo moved on.
Rock radio kept a light on for it too, with the track still surfacing on countdowns at the end of the decade, a strange afterlife for a song built for the dark of a club at three in the morning.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Dominatrix on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight | 4 | #59 | – | – |
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