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Escape Club
Band United Kingdom Active 1982–1992
Escape Club formed in 1982 in the United Kingdom and was active until 1992. Escape Club has 8 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Wild Wild West”, which appears on 8 lists with a best position of #16. The station that charted Escape Club most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1988.
The Escape Club were a London pop rock band built from the pieces of two others: singer and rhythm guitarist Trevor Steel and guitarist John Holliday came from Mad Shadows, and bassist Johnnie Christo and drummer Milan Zekavica had been in the Expressos. Zekavica joined Steel and Holliday in Mad Shadows first, Christo followed, and the new band put out a single called "Breathing" almost straight away.
EMI signed them in 1985, and their album White Fields came out the next year. They jumped to Atlantic in 1987 and cut Wild Wild West, released in the summer of 1988, and its title song went all the way to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It's easy to hear why: "Wild Wild West" goes off like a jukebox in a pinball arcade, all strutting beat and gang-shouted hook, brash and bright enough to cut through any car radio.
They weren't a one-shot, either. "I'll Be There" gave them another top-ten hit in 1991, proof there was more in the tank than one cheeky singalong.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Escape Club on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wild Wild West | 8 | #16 | – | 1988 |
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 786 | Wild Wild West | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places |
| 2003 | 1955 | Wild Wild West | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) |
| 2002 | 1887 | Wild Wild West | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) |
| 1989 | 481 | Wild Wild West | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) |
| 1988 | 31 | Wild Wild West | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 |
| 1988 | 19 | Wild Wild West | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 |
| 1988 | 42 | Wild Wild West | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 |
| 1988 | 16 | Wild Wild West | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 |
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