Song · Lene Lovich
“Lucky Number” by Lene Lovich
“Lucky Number” by Lene Lovich appears on 10 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1988 and 2003. Its best result is #121 on the KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,196 alternative song of all time.
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"Lucky Number" started out on the flip side of Lene Lovich's cover of "I Think We're Alone Now" before Stiff Records gave it a promotion, reissuing it as an A-side in 1979 and making it the lead single from her debut album, Stateless. Lovich wrote it with Les Chappell, who also produced it, and it's new wave at its most gleefully odd, bright and bouncy and just a little bit unhinged.
Critics loved it and so did the charts. Australia took it to number two; the Netherlands, New Zealand and the UK all had it at number three; Belgium, number five; and it did well in Ireland and Austria too. It has gone on to stand as one of the records that defined new wave.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 149 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1988 | 142 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
| 1991 | 252 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) | 302 |
| 1994 | 121 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) | 497 |
| 1996 | 437 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) | 500 |
| 1996 | 390 | Q101 | Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) | 500 |
| 1998 | 419 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) | 488 |
| 1999 | 560 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2002 | 1209 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1470 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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