Song · Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
“My Bag” by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
From the album Mainstream (1987)
“My Bag” by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2002 and 2003. It was first released in 1987 on the album Mainstream. Its best result is #999 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,293 alternative song of all time.
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"My Bag" was the first single Lloyd Cole and the Commotions pulled from Mainstream in 1987, and that album turned out to be their third and last. The whole band shares the writing credit, having stitched the music together from several half-built ideas, and Ian Stanley produced. Cole wrote the words drunk one night with Jay McInerney's 1984 novel Bright Lights, Big City and its cocaine-addled narrator on his mind; as he put it, the song is really about a stockbroker high on cocaine.
He lifted scenes from the book and from stories he'd heard, including an executive the band had dealt with getting called upstairs because a fresh load of cocaine had come in. He told Sounds it brought back some of the reckless, careless writing of "Perfect Skin". It peaked at 46 in the UK.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1226 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 999 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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