Song · Hoodoo Gurus
“Poison Pen” by Hoodoo Gurus
From the album Mars Needs Guitars! (1985)
“Poison Pen” by Hoodoo Gurus appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1985 on the album Mars Needs Guitars!. Its best result is #1179 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,605 alternative song of all time.
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"Poison Pen" was the fourth and last single the Hoodoo Gurus pulled from Mars Needs Guitars!, their second album, sent out on Big Time in September 1986. Dave Faulkner wrote it and sings it, with Clyde Bramley on bass and Mark Kingsmill on drums and cymbals; Charles Fisher produced and John Bee engineered.
It came with a case of mistaken identity. Stuart Coupe, the band's first manager, wrongly assumed the song was aimed at him, since he had a reputation as a rock journalist and had lately been replaced. In 2000 Faulkner set the record straight: it was about the sour wreckage of a relationship that had curdled. On the Australian charts it got only as far as 76.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1179 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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