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“Black Bugs” by Regurgitator
From the album Unit (1997)
“Black Bugs” by Regurgitator appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1998. It was first released in 1997 on the album Unit. Its best result is #32 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #209 alternative song of 1998.
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Ben Ely wrote every word and note of "Black Bugs", and Regurgitator made it the second single from Unit in January 1998: a song about being hooked on video games, wrapped in gleaming pop. Magoo produced it with the band and handled the engineering and the mix, and the sound is all sheen, with guitars bathed in shimmering modulation, a sampled drum track that never loosens its grip and a keyboard solo curling through the middle. Happy Mag's Nick Stillman heard rock with a metallic heart. The computer-generated video was pure bait for anybody with a Nintendo 64 waiting at home.
It even slipped onto the UK singles chart at 88, the only time Regurgitator made the top 100 there, and in 2019 The Brag's Tyler Jenke put it at number nine among the band's best songs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 32 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 | 100 |
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