Song · Primal Scream
“Loaded” by Primal Scream
From the album Screamadelica (1991)
“Loaded” by Primal Scream appears on 10 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1990 and 2023. It was first released in 1991 on the album Screamadelica. Its best result is #26 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #50 alternative song of 1990 and #4,333 alternative song of all time.
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"Loaded" hit the shops through Creation Records in February 1990 as Primal Scream's first taste of their third album, Screamadelica, and it's the sound of a rock band tumbling headlong into acid house. It started as "I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have", a song from their self-titled second album, handed over for a remix to Andrew Weatherall, a DJ who'd praised that record in the Boys Own fanzine and befriended the band at acid house parties.
His first go, little more than a kick drum shoved under the original, was too polite, so Andrew Innes told him to tear it apart. He did, producing and mixing a woozy, loping groove that feels like the party and the comedown at once. NME later put it at 59 on its list of the greatest songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 26 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 | 107 |
| 1990 | 35 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 486 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) | 500 |
| 1994 | 374 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) | 497 |
| 1994 | 327 | Live 105 | Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) | 500 |
| 1995 | 393 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) | 500 |
| 1996 | 486 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) | 500 |
| 2021 | 296 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 643 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2023 | 547 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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