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“No Promises” by Icehouse
From the album Boxes (1985)
“No Promises” by Icehouse appears on 10 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1986 and 2003. It was first released in 1985 on the album Boxes. Its best result is #86 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #203 alternative song of 1986 and #2,861 alternative song of all time.
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Icehouse wrote "No Promises" for the stage, not the radio: Iva Davies and Robert Kretschmer composed and recorded it for Boxes, the band's dance collaboration with Graeme Murphy's Sydney Dance Company, performed at the Sydney Opera House late in 1985. The pair produced it themselves, Davies recorded it and Warne Livesey mixed. It then went out as the first single from the 1986 album Measure for Measure, landing on Chrysalis in Britain, Europe and America in a thicket of different formats.
It's cool, glassy new wave with a slow-dance sway, built for bodies moving under stage lights as much as for late-night car stereos. Two videos were shot to push it, and in 2002 a remix by (Love) Tattoo turned up on the Icehouse remix album Meltdown.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 86 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1986 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 340 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 1992 | 431 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) | 500 |
| 1994 | 340 | Live 105 | Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) | 500 |
| 1995 | 406 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) | 500 |
| 1998 | 429 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) | 488 |
| 1999 | 931 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 557 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2002 | 1041 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1262 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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