Song · Echo and the Bunnymen
“Rescue” by Echo and the Bunnymen
From the album Crocodiles (1980)
“Rescue” by Echo and the Bunnymen appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2002 and 2023. It was first released in 1980 on the album Crocodiles. Its best result is #235 on The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,167 alternative song of all time.
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"Rescue" was the second Echo and the Bunnymen single, out on 5 May 1980 and later folded into their debut album Crocodiles, and it was the first thing the band put out on the brand-new Korova label. Ian Broudie produced it, Rod Houison engineered, and the songwriting credit is split four ways between Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant, Les Pattinson and Pete de Freitas.
It also gave them their first taste of the charts, climbing to 62 in the UK. Smash Hits heard left-field pop with sparse guitar, a nod to early Cure and a deadpan melodic bite, which is the young Bunnymen's whole trick in a sentence: post-punk chill with a tune that won't let go. Korova brought it back as a limited seven-inch in December 2006.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1200 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 883 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2023 | 235 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
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