Song · Fugazi
“Target” by Fugazi
From the album Red Medicine (1995)
“Target” by Fugazi appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1995 and 1999. It was first released in 1995 on the album Red Medicine. Its best result is #95 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #332 alternative song of 1995.
"Target" comes from Red Medicine, the fourth Fugazi album, which Dischord put out on June 12, 1995. The writing credit is split four ways, among Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, and it's Picciotto who takes the lead vocal.
The record grew out of months of jamming and taping at Guilford House, a secluded country estate in Guilford, Connecticut, once the band came off the road behind In on the Kill Taker. The proper sessions followed in January and February 1995 at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia, with Don Zientara engineering; Fugazi mixed the track themselves and didn't go back to producer Ted Niceley. They traded the last album's in-your-face attack for something roomier and more ambient, a sound with more depth to wander around in.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 95 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 480 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
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