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EBN-OZN

Band New York United States Active 1981–1985

EBN-OZN formed in 1981 in New York, United States and was active until 1985. EBN-OZN has 12 chart appearances on 12 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988–2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)”, which appears on 12 lists with a best position of #13. The station that charted EBN-OZN most often is Live 105 (San Francisco, CA), with 5 appearances.

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1988–2003years

EBN-OZN were a New York duo with a computer and a head full of ideas. Ned "Ebn" Liben programmed the Fairlight CMI, Robert "Ozn" Rosen sang, rhymed and threw out a gallery of character voices, and between them they were chopping up and sampling sound before most bands knew what that meant.

Their calling card, "AEIOU Sometimes Y", from the album Feeling Cavalier, is a strange and irresistible thing: a chattering, clattering synth-pop collage, Rosen's voice darting in and out while the machine does everything else. Elektra was their label. It was the first American single recorded on a computer to be released and to chart, and its video won awards of its own. In 2024 it went into the Alternative Music Hall of Fame as a "Masterpiece Single".

The duo only lasted from 1981 to 1985, but for a few years they sounded like the future turning up early.

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

Songs by EBN-OZN on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)	708	12	#13	–	–

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2003	430	AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002	152	AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
1999	104	AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)	Channel 104.9 Top 101 Songs of the '80s (February 1999)
1998	347	AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)
1996	337	AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)
1995	295	AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)
1995	204	AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)	Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995)
1992	13	AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992)
1991	50	AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991)
1990	35	AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)	Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990)
1989	55	AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)	91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989)
1988	209	AEIOU (and Sometimes Y)	Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)

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