Song · Iggy Pop
“Shades” by Iggy Pop
From the album Blah‐Blah‐Blah (1986)
“Shades” by Iggy Pop appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1986 on the album Blah‐Blah‐Blah. Its best result is #1103 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,458 alternative song of all time.
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"Shades" is one of the songs Iggy Pop wrote with David Bowie for Blah-Blah-Blah, his seventh album, which A&M released in 1986 after four years away. Bowie produced it with David Richards, and it was the last time the two worked together. This time Bowie kept his hands off the instruments, unlike on The Idiot and Lust for Life back in 1977, though he did contribute backing vocals to the album.
Blah-Blah-Blah became Iggy's most commercially successful record, and a successful tour followed. Iggy himself was less keen. Bowie biographer David Buckley has written that Iggy virtually disowned it, treating it as Bowie's album in all but name.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1103 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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