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“Passion Is No Ordinary Word” by Graham Parker
Released 1993
“Passion Is No Ordinary Word” by Graham Parker appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2001 and 2003. It was first released in 1993. Its best result is #898 on the WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,955 alternative song of all time.
Graham Parker cut "Passion Is No Ordinary Word" with his backing band the Rumour for Squeezing Out Sparks, and it's a song about faking what you feel, played with everything stripped right back to the frame. Parker put its punch down to a climbing guitar line, a riff he heard as lonely and full of longing, and he wanted the whole album that direct: riffs written along with the songs and left mostly alone, a steady pulse like a heartbeat, after records where he'd sometimes felt the music get away from him.
It was never a single, yet it has grown into one of the British rocker's best-known songs, a critics' favorite and one of his own picks from the album.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 898 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2002 | 1409 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1967 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Passion is No Ordinary Word.
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