Song · Echo and the Bunnymen
“The Back of Love” by Echo and the Bunnymen
Released 1982
“The Back of Love” by Echo and the Bunnymen appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1982 and 2003. It was first released in 1982. Its best result is #4 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1982. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #15 alternative song of 1982 and #7,024 alternative song of all time.
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"The Back of Love" found Echo and the Bunnymen at their most urgent, a single issued on Korova on 21 May 1982 that went to nineteen on the UK singles chart that same month. It stood alone for a while before it was folded into Porcupine, the band's third studio album, on 4 February 1983.
Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant, Les Pattinson and Pete de Freitas share the writing credit, and Ian Broudie produced it under the alias Kingbird. The A-side was cut at Trident Studios in London, while the B-side, "The Subject", came from Square One Studios in Liverpool, and the twelve-inch added "Fuel". Both formats wore The Promise, a painting by Henry Scott Tuke that hung in Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery. It's post-punk that sprints rather than broods, and it came between "A Promise" and "The Cutter".
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 | 4 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1982 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1818 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: The Back Of Love.
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