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“History Repeating” by Propellerheads featuring Shirley Bassey
From the album Decksandrumsandrockandroll (1998) Featuring Shirley Bassey
“History Repeating” by Propellerheads featuring Shirley Bassey appears on 10 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1998 and 2026. It was first released in 1998 on the album Decksandrumsandrockandroll. Its best result is #28 on the WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #110 alternative song of 1998 and #7,334 alternative song of all time.
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"History Repeating" put Welsh singer Shirley Bassey together with Propellerheads, the English electronic duo, in 1997, just ahead of their only album, Decksandrumsandrockandroll. Alex Gifford wrote and arranged it, and Bassey has said he wrote it with her in mind. Chris Lawson played guitar and recorded it, and the pairing of a grand old-school voice with a pair of electronic tinkerers turned out to be a perfect fit.
It went all the way to No. 1 on the UK Indie Chart, and in America it reached No. 10 on the Dance Club Songs chart, Bassey's first top-ten showing on any US chart since "Never Never Never" in 1973. Even the sleeve was in on it: Duke D. Jukes drew it, borrowing from the cover of Nat King Cole's 1957 Capitol album Just One of Those Things.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 106.7 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 | 107 |
| 1998 | 87 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 | 100 |
| 1998 | 28 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 | 102 |
| 1998 | 68 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 | 100 |
| 1998 | 59 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 483 | WFNX | WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) | 500 |
| 2000 | 489 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) | 500 |
| 2021 | 556 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2026 | 491 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
| 2026 | 536 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: History Repeating (feat. Shirley Bassey).
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