Song · Mudhoney
“Touch Me, I'm Sick” by Mudhoney
Released 1988
“Touch Me, I'm Sick” by Mudhoney appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1999 and 2019. It was first released in 1988. Its best result is #209 on the KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,826 alternative song of all time.
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Mudhoney announced themselves with "Touch Me I'm Sick", cut in April 1988 at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle with Jack Endino producing and released that August as their debut single on Sub Pop. Mark Arm wrote the words, and the music is credited to Arm, Steve Turner, Matt Lukin and Dan Peters.
It's a sick joke played at full volume, a sarcastic, darkly funny swipe at disease and violent sex, and the noise is every bit as rude: guitars so fuzzed and distorted they sound like they're leaking, a snarling vocal, a blunt bass line and drums going flat out. College radio ate it up, and that grimy sound rubbed off on plenty of local players, giving the young Seattle grunge scene a push. It has stayed a fixture of Mudhoney's live shows and remains the song everyone knows them by.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 495 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2002 | 1644 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2004 | 250 | 107.7 The End | The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) | 500 |
| 2019 | 209 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
Also listed as: Touch Me I'm Sick.
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