Song · Love and Rockets
“Mirror People” by Love and Rockets
From the album Earth · Sun · Moon (1987)
“Mirror People” by Love and Rockets appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1987 and 2003. It was first released in 1987 on the album Earth · Sun · Moon. Its best result is #65 on the WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #207 alternative song of 1987 and #3,742 alternative song of all time.
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Daniel Ash wrote the words to "Mirror People" and shares the music credit with David J and Kevin Haskins, and it turned up on Earth, Sun, Moon, the English band's third album, released by Beggars Banquet in 1987. That record kept to the psychedelic path while trying out a folk-rooted indie rock sound, and though traces of goth hung on, it put more distance between Love and Rockets and their previous band, Bauhaus.
The album gave them their first hit, "No New Tale to Tell", and "Mirror People" was chosen to follow it, punched up into a new single version in 1988. That version later landed on Sorted! The Best of Love and Rockets, a hits set from 2003, and an extended "Mirror People '88 (Full Length Version)" surfaced on disc five of the 2013 box set 5 Albums.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 65 | WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 | 99 |
| 1988 | 75 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 394 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1989 | 249 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) | 500 |
| 1991 | 246 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 2003 | 1911 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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