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“Tighten Up” by Electronic
“Tighten Up” by Electronic appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1991 and 2003. Its best result is #54 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #62 alternative song of 1991 and #4,139 alternative song of all time.
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"Tighten Up" sits third on Electronic, the May 1991 debut album from Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr, who wrote, played and produced it between them, with Donald Johnson of A Certain Ratio sitting in on drums. It's the whole record in miniature: electric guitars knotted around a bouncy synth riff, two sensibilities meeting on the dance floor and finding they share a pulse.
In America it went out as a promotional single and climbed to No. 6 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, while "Feel Every Beat" became the next physical single worldwide. The single edit runs a full minute shorter, snipping the opening bars and the instrumental break, and trades the album version's hard ending for a loop that fades away.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 68 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991 | 107 |
| 1991 | 54 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991 | 105 |
| 1991 | 74 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 91 Songs of 1991 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1048 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 998 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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