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“Pull Up to the Bumper” by Grace Jones
“Pull Up to the Bumper” by Grace Jones appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1988 and 2023. Its best result is #266 on the Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,422 alternative song of all time.
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Grace Jones put out "Pull Up to the Bumper" on Island in June 1981, the third single pulled from Nightclubbing, her fifth album, but it had been kicking around since 1980. The backing track came from the Warm Leatherette sessions, and Chris Blackwell didn't think it fitted that record, so it waited to be finished for Nightclubbing.
It was worth the wait: a sleek, rubbery collision of electro-disco, reggae, funk and new wave, with dub production and pulsing drums. Jones wrote the words alone, a run of automotive double entendres suggestive enough that some radio stations refused to play it, and shares the music credit with Kookoo Baya and Dana Manno. It went to number 2 on Billboard's dance club chart, gave her a first transatlantic hit and one of her signature tunes, and its 1986 reissue climbed to number 12 in Britain.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 266 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
| 2021 | 331 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
| 2023 | 607 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
Also listed as: Pull Up To The Bumper.
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