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“Glamour Boys” by Living Colour
From the album Vivid (1988)
“Glamour Boys” by Living Colour appears on 11 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1988 and 2005. It was first released in 1988 on the album Vivid. Its best result is #62 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #165 alternative song of 1989 and #3,049 alternative song of all time.
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"Glamour Boys" was the third single Living Colour pulled from Vivid, their 1988 debut, and it finds Vernon Reid drawing a bead on a certain breed of young man: the kind who lives for the right clothes, the right parties and the thin glitter of high society. Reid wrote the music and the words and put in some extra arranging, and the band delivers the put-down with a grin and a strut rather than a sermon.
Mick Jagger produced it and sings backing vocals on it, with Ron Saint Germain recording. The single climbed to 31 on the Billboard Hot 100, and in 1990 it brought the band a Grammy nomination in the rock category for duos and groups with vocals.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 86 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 | 107 |
| 1989 | 62 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1595 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1595 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1595 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1587 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 1572 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1585 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 1018 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 1585 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1584 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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