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“Frans Hals” by McCarthy
“Frans Hals” by McCarthy appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1987. Its best result is #35 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #215 alternative song of 1987.
McCarthy released "Frans Hals" in March 1987 as their last single on the Pink Label, and it's indie pop with an art-history reading list attached. The song is about Frans Hals, the Dutch Golden Age painter, and its words take their cue from what John Berger wrote about Hals in Ways of Seeing, his 1972 book.
The B-sides were a remix of "The Fall", "Kill Kill Kill Kill" and an alternate version of "Frans Hals" itself. The single never made it onto any of the band's three studio albums; to find it, look to A La Guillotine or That's All Very Well But.... In their run of singles it came between "Red Sleeping Beauty" and "The Well of Loneliness".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 35 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1987 | 50 |
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