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“Miss Freelove '69” by Hoodoo Gurus

From the album Kinky (1991)

“Miss Freelove '69” by Hoodoo Gurus appears on 19 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1991 and 2014. It was first released in 1991 on the album Kinky. Its best result is #44 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #97 alternative song of 1991 and #1,024 alternative song of all time.

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1991–2014years charted

"Miss Freelove '69" kicked off Kinky, the Hoodoo Gurus' fifth album, as its lead single in February 1991, and the Australian rockers rode it to number 3 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and number 19 on the ARIA chart back home. Dave Faulkner wrote it alone, and Ed Stasium mixed it into a greasy, strutting stomp with a hook built for shouting along.

The story is mostly true. Faulkner later said he wrote it the morning after the party it describes, adding only a happier ending: in real life the police never joined in, though at least they didn't break things up. And Miss Freelove herself? He meant her as a stand-in for Bacchus, but admitted that if she was anybody, she was him.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 78 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991 107
1991 44 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 212 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 193 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 342 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 377 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 377 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 382 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 382 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 382 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 382 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 384 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1510 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1449 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1460 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1394 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1457 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1515 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1571 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Miss Free Love '69.

Charting alongside it in 1991

Best songs of 1991 →
  1. 1Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana
  2. 2Losing My ReligionR.E.M.
  3. 3UnbelievableEMF
  4. 4Kiss Them for MeSiouxsie and the Banshees
  5. 5RushBig Audio Dynamite
  6. 6Give It AwayRed Hot Chili Peppers

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