Song · P.M. Dawn
“Downtown Venus” by P.M. Dawn
From the album Jesus Wept (1995)
“Downtown Venus” by P.M. Dawn appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1995 on the album Jesus Wept. Its best result is #1419 on the CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,139 alternative song of all time.
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"Downtown Venus" led off Jesus Wept, P.M. Dawn's third album, landing on August 22, 1995 through Gee Street and Island, and it's the sound of a hip hop-R&B duo plugging in and cranking the amp. Prince Be wrote it under his real name, Attrell Cordes, and the pair produced it themselves, building the whole thing on a sample of Deep Purple's "Hush", which earned that song's writer, Joe South, a credit of his own.
Cameron Greider's electric guitar supplies the crunch, while Prince Be floats his dreamy lead vocal over the top as if he's drifting above the traffic. It stalled at number 48 on the Hot 100, well short of the duo's earlier hits, but the rock edge got it onto alternative radio, and its number 39 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart stands as the only time P.M. Dawn ever showed up there.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1435 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1435 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1436 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1434 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1420 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1420 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1419 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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