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“Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag” by Pigbag
Released 1981
“Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag” by Pigbag appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1981 and 1999. It was first released in 1981. Its best result is #39 on the John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1981). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,201 alternative song of all time.
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"Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag" hit the shops on Y Records in 1981, a wordless blast from British dance-punk crew Pigbag whose title winks at James Brown's "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag". Chris Hamlin and James Johnstone had written it before the band even existed, and Dave Hunt and Dick O'Dell produced it.
There's no singer and no need for one. The brass barks out a riff you can hum after a single listen, and underneath it the bass struts so hard that Stylus Magazine put it at number 40 among the greatest basslines ever in 2005. It's punk energy pointed squarely at the dancefloor, and when it was reissued in 1982 it climbed all the way to number three in Britain.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 39 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1981) | 50 |
| 1991 | 141 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 1999 | 187 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
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