Song · Roxy Music
“Same Old Scene” by Roxy Music
From the album Flesh + Blood (1980)
“Same Old Scene” by Roxy Music appears on 9 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2026. It was first released in 1980 on the album Flesh + Blood. Its best result is #361 on The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,167 alternative song of all time.
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Bryan Ferry wrote "Same Old Scene" for Flesh + Blood, Roxy Music's number-one album of 1980, and when it came out as a single late that year it climbed to No. 12 in the UK. It's Roxy at their sleekest: a Roland CR-78 drum machine ticking underneath, Alan Spenner's bass weaving busy, elaborate lines, Phil Manzanera's guitar and Andy Mackay's sax gliding over the top, Allan Schwartzberg on the kit, and Ferry on keyboards and that languid croon. Rhett Davies produced it with the band, and Bob Clearmountain mixed.
The song has had a long afterlife on screen, from the opening and closing credits of Times Square in 1980 to the pilot of Ashes to Ashes in 2008 and a party scene in Can You Ever Forgive Me? in 2018. Its B-side, "Lover", was a rarity: a Roxy flip side with words.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1446 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1446 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1451 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1449 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1435 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1435 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1433 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2023 | 361 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
| 2026 | 493 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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