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“My Girl” by Madness
From the album One Step Beyond… (1979)
“My Girl” by Madness appears on 5 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2001 and 2006. It was first released in 1979 on the album One Step Beyond…. Its best result is #90 on the Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,692 alternative song of all time.
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"My Girl" comes off One Step Beyond..., the 1979 debut from British ska-pop crew Madness, and Stiff put it out as a single on 21 December 1979. It climbed to number 3 in the UK.
Mike Barson wrote it while driving a van full of bananas, stuck beside a workmate who never stopped going on about his girlfriend; Barson borrowed the habit and turned it on his own romance with photographer Kerstin Rodgers. He sang it himself on the demo, but on record it's Suggs out front, with Barson's keys bouncing, Lee Thompson's saxes honking, and Chris Foreman, Mark Bedford and Daniel Woodgate keeping it tight. Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley produced. The band had been playing it since July 1978, back when they were the Invaders, first airing it as "New Song" at a Camden Lock shop where Bedford worked. A 1992 reissue got it back to 27.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 140 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2004 | 174 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 170 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2005 | 90 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005) | 100 |
| 2006 | 93 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
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