Song · Killing Joke
“Sanity” by Killing Joke
From the album Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (1986)
“Sanity” by Killing Joke appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 1987. It was first released in 1986 on the album Brighter Than a Thousand Suns. Its best result is #60 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #168 alternative song of 1987.
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Killing Joke pulled "Sanity" off Brighter Than a Thousand Suns, their sixth album, as its second single in 1986, with Chris Kimsey producing and Julian Mendelsohn mixing. All four members share the writing credit, Jaz Coleman, Geordie Walker, Paul Raven and Paul Ferguson, and Thomas Stiehler engineered.
It came out in a small pile of versions. The seven-inch kept the album cut, backed with "Goodbye to the Village"; two remixes, the Insane Mix (mixed by Zeus B. Held) and the Roman Mix, filled out the 12-inch releases; a cassette maxi-single added an instrumental take and "Wardance (Naval Mix)"; and there was even an a cappella promo. None of it pushed the single past 70 in the UK. In 1987 Virgin gave it another run in America, leading a 12-inch with the Roman Mix and tucking "Eighties" onto the flip.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 104 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 | 107 |
| 1987 | 60 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 | 105 |
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