Song · Longpigs
“On and On” by Longpigs
From the album The Sun Is Often Out (1996)
“On and On” by Longpigs appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations in 1997. It was first released in 1996 on the album The Sun Is Often Out. Its best result is #63 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #155 alternative song of 1997.
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"On and On" was the one that finally broke Longpigs open. The English alternative rock band's fourth single from their debut album, The Sun Is Often Out, it arrived in April 1996, the same month the record landed on U2's label, Mother Records, and it climbed to number 16 in Britain after three singles that had never got higher than 37. Crispin Hunt wrote the words and music on his own.
The build-up had been slow going: "She Said" and "Jesus Christ" stalled outside the Top 40, and "Far" only just scraped into it with help from BBC Radio 1. "On and On" changed the weather, a re-released "She Said" matched its number 16 that June, and the band's Top 20 run held until "Lost Myself" stopped at 22.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 92 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 | 105 |
| 1997 | 63 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 | 100 |
| 1997 | 84 | KNRK Portland, OR | KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 | 94 |
| 1997 | 90 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 | 103 |
| 1997 | 88 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 | 97 |
Also listed as: On And On.
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