Song · Graham Parker
“Local Girls” by Graham Parker
Released 1985
“Local Girls” by Graham Parker appears on 11 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1989 and 2005. It was first released in 1985. Its best result is #264 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,164 alternative song of all time.
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Graham Parker wrote "Local Girls" himself and cut it with his backing band the Rumour for Squeezing Out Sparks, his 1979 album. It's a snapshot of English suburbia seen from the wrong side of the bus shelter: Parker drew on the girls of his hometown, the ones who had eyes for the soldiers from a nearby army camp while the local boys, familiar faces everybody knew, never stood a chance.
It went out as a single in America that same year and missed the charts entirely, but it has since become one of the best-known songs Parker ever wrote.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 284 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) | 500 |
| 1991 | 264 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 1999 | 303 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 304 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 314 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 314 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 414 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 314 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 1011 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 314 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 315 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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