Song · Fischer-Z
“So Long” by Fischer-Z
From the album Going Deaf for a Living (1980)
“So Long” by Fischer-Z appears on 10 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1990 and 1999. It was first released in 1980 on the album Going Deaf for a Living. Its best result is #79 on the Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1997). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,098 alternative song of all time.
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"So Long" was the best-loved single Fischer-Z pulled from Going Deaf for a Living, their second album with the classic lineup, out in 1980. After a debut that leaned hard on keyboards, this time the guitars came to the front, and John Watts is all over this one: he wrote it, arranged it, plays guitar and sings lead, with David Graham on bass, Steve Liddle on drums and Steve Skolnik on keyboards.
Mike Howlett produced and Richard Manwaring engineered, and the song's nervy, clipped urgency caught on unevenly: only 72 in the UK, but the Australians sent it to 15 and the Dutch to 26. No earlier Fischer-Z single had been given a video, and European and Australian radio still keep it in rotation.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 90 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1990) | 100 |
| 1991 | 97 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1991) | 100 |
| 1992 | 100 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1992) | 100 |
| 1993 | 99 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1993) | 100 |
| 1994 | 96 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1994) | 100 |
| 1995 | 88 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1995) | 100 |
| 1996 | 88 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1996) | 100 |
| 1997 | 79 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1997) | 100 |
| 1998 | 84 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1998) | 100 |
| 1999 | 130 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1999) | 150 |
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