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“The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun” by Julie Brown
Released 1983
“The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun” by Julie Brown appears on 6 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1984 and 2006. It was first released in 1983. Its best result is #66 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #126 alternative song of 1984 and #3,545 alternative song of all time.
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"The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" was only the B-side of Julie Brown's 1983 single "I Like 'em Big and Stupid", but the flip is where the real joke lives. The singer-comedian takes aim at valley girl culture and the 1950s and 1960s teen tragedy songs in one go, opening as a mock doo-wop weeper about the homecoming dance where her best friend Debbie gets crowned queen.
Then Debbie pulls a weapon, the music lurches into 1980s synthpop, and the carnage spreads across the parade, while the narrator stays breezily self-absorbed as the glee club and the math teacher go down. A police warning shot ends Debbie, and her final words about some guy named Johnny leave the narrator baffled. Steve Thoma produced and arranged it, and Tom Daley directed the video.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 66 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 488 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1995 | 227 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) | 500 |
| 1996 | 324 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) | 500 |
| 1998 | 253 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) | 488 |
| 2006 | 471 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
Also listed as: Homecoming Queens Got A Gun.
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