Artist · chart history
Flesh for Lulu
Band London United Kingdom Active 1982–1992
Flesh for Lulu formed in 1982 in London, United Kingdom and was active until 1992. Flesh for Lulu has 34 chart appearances on 29 radio countdowns from 10 stations on RockLists, spanning 1987–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I Go Crazy”, which appears on 24 lists with a best position of #21. The station that charted Flesh for Lulu most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 11 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1987.
Flesh for Lulu crawled out of Brixton, London, in 1982 as part of the post-punk crowd, all dark moods and spiky guitars, and then spent the next decade sneaking other things into the mix. By the end, pop hooks, country and western twang, rhythm and blues and plain old blues had all found a way in, and the gloom had given way to something closer to a swaggering rock and roll band.
Nick Marsh, Rocco Barker, Derek Greening, Kev Mills and James Mitchell all passed through the ranks. "I Go Crazy", from 1986, is the song rock radio's countdowns have never let go of. Long Live the New Flesh, in 1987, brought "Postcards from Paradise" and "Siamese Twist", and Plastic Fantastic, in 1989, had its title track and "Decline and Fall". The band packed it in in 1992, and a new lineup brought the name back from 2013 to 2015.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Flesh for Lulu on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Go Crazy | 24 | #21 | – | 1987 | |
| 2 | Postcards from Paradise | 6 | #192 | – | – | |
| 3 | Siamese Twist | 2 | #85 | – | 1987 | |
| 4 | Plastic Fantastic | 1 | #106 | – | 1989 | |
| 5 | Decline and Fall | 1 | #91 | – | 1989 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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