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“Crushed By The Wheels of Industry” by Heaven 17
From the album The Luxury Gap (1983)
“Crushed By The Wheels of Industry” by Heaven 17 appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1999. It was first released in 1983 on the album The Luxury Gap. Its best result is #901 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,077 alternative song of all time.
Heaven 17 wrapped up The Luxury Gap campaign in August 1983 with "Crushed by the Wheels of Industry", the fifth and last single Virgin pulled from their second album, following "Come Live with Me". Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware wrote it, and Marsh and Ware produced it under their British Electric Foundation banner with Greg Walsh. It climbed to 17 in the UK, their last top-20 hit there until a Brothers in Rhythm remix of "Temptation" came along in 1992.
Tom Hibbert of Smash Hits enjoyed its sardonic woo-woos, its swipe at society at large and a piano that was the very opposite of Shakatak, while Number One reckoned the band had finally clicked and were making dance records people could actually dance to.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 901 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
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