Song · Pop Will Eat Itself
“Can You Dig It” by Pop Will Eat Itself
“Can You Dig It” by Pop Will Eat Itself appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1989. Its best result is #49 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #122 alternative song of 1989.
Pop Will Eat Itself pulled "Can U Dig It?" from their second album, This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This!, in 1989, and it's a sample-happy scrapbook of pop culture, its words rattling off a litany of movies, comics, music and TV. The shouted title hook and the woman's voice that opens the track were both lifted from The Warriors, the 1979 American action film with a cult following.
The video puts Clint Mansell and Graham Crabb out front, singing against backdrops that keep changing and often wink at the lyrics, while the rest of the band play in front of stacks of TVs. The single got to number 38 in the UK.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 49 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 | 105 |
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