Song · Public Image Ltd.
“Seattle” by Public Image Ltd.
From the album Happy? (1987)
“Seattle” by Public Image Ltd. appears on 16 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1987 and 2023. It was first released in 1987 on the album Happy?. Its best result is #10 on the WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #23 alternative song of 1987, #2,119 alternative song of all time and #171 of the '80s.
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"Seattle" comes off Happy?, the sixth studio album from the English band Public Image Ltd, which arrived in September 1987. The writing credit is split five ways, among John Lydon, John McGeoch, Lu Edmonds, Allan Dias and Bruce Smith, and Gary Langan produced it with the band.
Even the packaging came with a point of reference: Richard Evans modelled the cover art on the style of the Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and the liner notes tip their hat to him. The album itself got as high as 40 on the UK chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 67 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 | 107 |
| 1987 | 18 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 | 91 |
| 1987 | 94 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 | 105 |
| 1987 | 10 | WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 130 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
| 1988 | 117 | WLIR / WDRE | WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) | 200 |
| 1989 | 274 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) | 500 |
| 1990 | 292 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) | 299 |
| 1991 | 244 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 1992 | 219 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) | 299 |
| 1994 | 489 | Live 105 | Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) | 500 |
| 2002 | 231 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 327 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2006 | 104 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006) | 107 |
| 2023 | 673 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
| 2023 | 213 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
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