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“Simply Irresistible” by Robert Palmer
From the album Heavy Nova (1988)
“Simply Irresistible” by Robert Palmer appears on 9 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1988 and 2023. It was first released in 1988 on the album Heavy Nova. Its best result is #42 on the WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #131 alternative song of 1988 and #5,909 alternative song of all time.
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Robert Palmer wrote and produced "Simply Irresistible" himself and put it out in 1988 as the first single from Heavy Nova, his ninth studio album, with Eric Thorngren mixing and Tim Kramer engineering. Cash Box heard a hard-charging rocker fuelled by power guitar, and that's about right: it's all punch and polish, a tailored suit with its sleeves rolled up.
It reached number two on the Hot 100, sat at the top of the Album Rock Tracks chart for three weeks, won Palmer his second Grammy the next year and picked up a Brit Award nomination for Best British Single. Fashion photographer Terence Donovan shot the video, lining Palmer up with women in identical heavy makeup and swept-back hair, closing out a trilogy begun by his 1985 clips for "Addicted to Love" and "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On". Another cut of it later became a Pepsi commercial.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 85 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 | 91 |
| 1988 | 42 | WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 355 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1989 | 475 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 2022 | 219 | 97.1 The River | River 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2022 | 725 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) | 1043 |
| 2022 | 334 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2023 | 224 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
| 2023 | 432 | KSHE 95 | KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) | 500 |
Also listed as: Simply Irresistable.
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