Song · Hoodoo Gurus
“Death Defying” by Hoodoo Gurus
From the album Mars Needs Guitars! (1985)
“Death Defying” by Hoodoo Gurus appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2002 and 2003. It was first released in 1985 on the album Mars Needs Guitars!. Its best result is #194 on the Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,272 alternative song of all time.
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"Death Defying" comes from Mars Needs Guitars!, the Hoodoo Gurus' second album, released in 1985, and it went out as the record's third single in February 1986. Dave Faulkner wrote it and sings it, and behind that cocky, cheat-the-reaper title sits something heavy: he has said he wrote it about the HIV/AIDS crisis that was taking his friends away in the middle of the decade. Clyde Bramley plays bass, Mark Kingsmill drums, and Charles Fisher produced, with John Bee engineering.
Faulkner counts it among his own favourites, and he remembers shooting the video in Kakadu National Park on the day he woke to news footage of the Challenger shuttle blowing apart on take-off.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 194 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 215 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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