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“International Bright Young Thing” by Jesus Jones

From the album Doubt (1991)

“International Bright Young Thing” by Jesus Jones appears on 23 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1991 and 2022. It was first released in 1991 on the album Doubt. Its best result is #11 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #28 alternative song of 1991 and #1,346 alternative song of all time.

23countdowns
8stations
#11best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1991–2022years charted

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Jesus Jones had a knack for making the future sound like a party, and "International Bright Young Thing", from the 1991 album Doubt, is that knack at full tilt. Mike Edwards wrote it by himself and produced it too, with Ian Curnow and Phil Harding adding extra production and Clive Goddard engineering, and the result crams indie-rock snarl and dance-floor bounce into one breathless, cocky rush.

Food Records put it out as the album's third single, and it gave the band their biggest hit at home, reaching No. 7 in Britain in January 1991. It went top 30 in Ireland and New Zealand as well, and in America it rose to No. 6 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 55 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991 107
1991 86 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991 91
1991 11 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991 105
1991 38 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 91 Songs of 1991 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 190 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 483 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1999 936 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 987 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 994 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 994 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1826 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 979 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 979 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 979 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1276 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1225 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1241 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1272 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1325 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1382 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1442 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 320 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 877 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900

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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