Song · Primal Scream
“Rocks” by Primal Scream
From the album Give Out but Don’t Give Up (1994)
“Rocks” by Primal Scream appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1994 and 2006. It was first released in 1994 on the album Give Out but Don’t Give Up. Its best result is #7 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #157 alternative song of 1994 and #6,488 alternative song of all time.
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"Rocks" is where Primal Scream traded the dance floor for the arena. After the club-friendly swirl of 1991's Screamadelica, this first sign of what the Scottish band's fourth album, Give Out but Don't Give Up, had in store came roaring out of Creation on 28 February 1994: a bluesy hard-rock strut cut from the same cloth as T. Rex, the Rolling Stones and the Faces. Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes and Robert Young wrote it, and Tom Dowd produced, with David Bianco co-producing and engineering and George Drakoulias adding extra production.
Paired as a double A-side with the Hot Ass mix of "Funky Jam", it went to number seven in the UK, their highest-charting single until "Country Girl" got to number five in 2006, and in 2024 it went gold.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 7 | Virgin Radio United Kingdom | Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1994 | 10 |
| 1994 | 77 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 | 94 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 70 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) | 100 |
| 2006 | 398 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
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