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Cover of Candyass by Orgy
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“Blue Monday” by Orgy

From the album Candyass (1998)

“Blue Monday” by Orgy appears on 47 radio countdowns from 23 stations between 1998 and 2026. It was first released in 1998 on the album Candyass. Its best result is #6 on the Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #8 alternative song of 1999, #1,073 alternative song of all time and #90 of the '90s.

47countdowns
23stations
#6best position
0#1 finishes
4top 10 finishes
1998–2026years charted

Orgy's "Blue Monday", from their 1998 album Candyass, takes New Order's 1983 synth-pop monolith, the best-selling 12-inch single ever pressed, and bolts it to a chassis of chugging, down-tuned guitars. Josh Abraham produced it and Dave Ogilvie mixed it, and the relentless pulse that Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Bernard Sumner built still ticks away underneath, now buried in grinding riffs, glossy electronics and a vocal that sounds more menacing than mournful.

It's a cover that knows better than to out-cool the original. Instead it drags the club track into the mosh pit and lets the collision do the talking.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1998 80 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 107
1998 77 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 106
1998 94 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 84 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 100
1998 87 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 107
1999 41 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 107
1999 39 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 91
1999 24 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 106
1999 29 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 101
1999 19 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 100
1999 9 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 92
1999 27 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 99
1999 10 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 107
1999 11 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 89
1999 7 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1999 101
1999 59 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 103
1999 86 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 100
1999 6 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 293 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 483 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 673 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 297 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 462 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 714 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
2001 369 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 88 K-Rock K-Rock Top 92 Party Songs of All-Time (2002) 92
2002 105 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2004 128 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 241 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 412 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 369 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 171 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2008 283 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2009 210 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2014 170 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 193 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 92 X96 X96's Top 100 Songs of the 90's 100
2019 314 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 399 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 139 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 116 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 116 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 376 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 117 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 295 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 157 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850
2026 431 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Charting alongside it in 1999

Best songs of 1999 →
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  2. 2Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
  3. 3NookieLimp Bizkit
  4. 4Freak on a LeashKorn
  5. 5Praise YouFatboy Slim
  6. 6My Own Worst EnemyLit

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