Song · Jellyfish
“The Ghost At Number One” by Jellyfish
From the album Spilt Milk (1993)
“The Ghost At Number One” by Jellyfish appears on 8 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1993 on the album Spilt Milk. Its best result is #772 on the CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,087 alternative song of all time.
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"The Ghost at Number One" comes from Jellyfish's Spilt Milk, which Charisma put out in February 1993, and it carries the fingerprints of the band's writing team, Andy Sturmer and Roger Joseph Manning Jr. As a single it landed between "I Wanna Stay Home" and "New Mistake".
It's a song that wears its ambition on its sleeve, stacked high and ornate and bursting with ideas, pop built by people who plainly wanted every bar to sparkle and every hook to land. Nothing here is casual, and that's the fun of it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1027 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 772 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 772 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 772 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 1861 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 772 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 772 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 772 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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