Song · Kirsty MacColl
“Caroline” by Kirsty MacColl
Released 1995
“Caroline” by Kirsty MacColl appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1995. Its best result is #1652 on the CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,858 alternative song of all time.
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Kirsty MacColl wrote "Caroline" early in the '90s but kept it off her 1994 album Titanic Days, feeling it sounded too much like her older records to sit with the rest. It finally surfaced in February 1995 as a single from the compilation Galore, produced by Victor Van Vugt and MacColl herself.
The idea is a sly one: Dolly Parton's "Jolene" answered from the other woman's side. MacColl reckoned the third party in the eternal triangle hardly ever gets her say, and that songs mostly came from the man's angle; here the woman he ran off with speaks up, and she's mostly embarrassed, because he was never worth the trouble. It crept to 58 on the UK Singles Chart.
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 | 1673 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1673 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1673 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1665 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1652 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1652 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1653 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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