Song · Public Image Ltd.
“The Body” by Public Image Ltd.
From the album Happy? (1987)
“The Body” by Public Image Ltd. appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1987 and 2003. It was first released in 1987 on the album Happy?. Its best result is #21 on the WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #99 alternative song of 1987 and #3,035 alternative song of all time.
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Public Image Ltd put "The Body" on Happy?, their sixth album, which came out in 1987. It's a group effort through and through: the writing credit is split five ways between John Lydon, John McGeoch, Lu Edmonds, Allan Dias and Bruce Smith, and the band produced it together with Gary Langan.
Happy? reached number 40 on the UK albums chart. Its cover art, by Richard Evans, tips its hat to the Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser, a debt the liner notes openly acknowledge.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 21 | WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 89 | WLIR / WDRE | WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) | 200 |
| 2002 | 476 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 271 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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