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“Come Undone” by Duran Duran

From the album Duran Duran (1993)

“Come Undone” by Duran Duran appears on 23 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1993 and 2021. It was first released in 1993 on the album Duran Duran. Its best result is #5 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #27 alternative song of 1993, #1,968 alternative song of all time and #440 of the '90s.

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Duran Duran - Come Undone (Official Music Video)

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"Come Undone" was the second single from Duran Duran's seventh studio album, the self-titled 1993 record, released that March, and it's the sound of the band growing up gracefully. Coming right behind the comeback of "Ordinary World", it leaned further into the grown-up adult contemporary lane: a slinky, smoky groove with Tessa Niles soaring in on backing vocals.

Le Bon wrote it with Warren Cuccurullo, Nick Rhodes and John Taylor, and the band produced and arranged it themselves. It gave them a second straight US top-10 hit from the album, peaking at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, their last top-40 entry there, and it reached number two in Canada and 13 in the UK. Julien Temple directed the video.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1993 5 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993 107
1993 32 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993 91
1993 32 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993 105
1993 33 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 252 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 372 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 267 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 121 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 464 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1999 143 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 257 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 556 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
2001 449 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 671 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2007 405 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 1550 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1547 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1568 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1600 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1670 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1732 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1799 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 322 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908

Charting alongside it in 1993

Best songs of 1993 →
  1. 1CannonballThe Breeders
  2. 2CreepRadiohead
  3. 3LingerThe Cranberries
  4. 4PlushStone Temple Pilots
  5. 5No RainBlind Melon
  6. 6Soul to SqueezeRed Hot Chili Peppers

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