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Pseudo Echo
Band Melbourne Australia Formed 1982
Pseudo Echo formed in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Pseudo Echo has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 1987–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Funkytown”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #79. The station that charted Pseudo Echo most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1987.
Pseudo Echo came together in Melbourne in 1982, when Brian Canham (vocals, guitar, keyboards) joined forces with Pierre Gigliotti on bass keyboards and bass guitar and Tony Lugton on still more keyboards, which tells you exactly where this band's heart lay: in the synthesizer. Drummers Anthony Argiro and Vince Leigh and keyboard player James Leigh joined later.
They looked the part as much as they sounded it. Australian rock historian Ian McFarlane reckoned their winning formula was flashy threads, blow-dried hair and youthful bounce wrapped around synth-pop anybody could hum, and at home the hits stacked up: "Listening", "A Beat for You", "Don't Go", "Love an Adventure" and "Living in a Dream" all made the Australian top 20. The debut, Autumnal Park, climbed to No. 11 in 1984, and Love an Adventure followed in 1985 and got to No. 14. RCA was the label.
Then they got hold of "Funkytown", the Lipps Inc. disco hit from 1980, and gave it a shiny new wave chassis. It went all the way to No. 1 at home and in New Zealand and cracked the top ten in America, Canada, Britain and Sweden. Race came in 1988, the band broke up in 1990, and since reforming in 1998 they've kept at it, with Ultraviolet in 2014 and both Acoustica and After Party in 2020.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Pseudo Echo on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Funkytown | 2 | #79 | – | 1987 | |
| 2 | Living in a Dream | 1 | #65 | – | 1987 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 681 | Funkytown | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs |
| 1987 | 65 | Living in a Dream | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 |
| 1987 | 79 | Funkytown | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 |
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