Song · Scott Weiland
“Barbarella” by Scott Weiland
From the album 12 Bar Blues (1998)
“Barbarella” by Scott Weiland appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 1998. It was first released in 1998 on the album 12 Bar Blues. Its best result is #74 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #261 alternative song of 1998.
"Barbarella" was the only official single from 12 Bar Blues, Scott Weiland's 1998 debut album on Atlantic. It takes its name from the sci-fi film Barbarella, and the lyrics tip their hat to a handful of science fiction TV shows and movies. Weiland wrote it with Tony Castaneda and sings it, Martyn LeNoble plays bass and Victor Indrizzo hi-hat, Tracy Chisholm recorded it and mixed it with Mark Howard, and Daniel Lanois chipped in extra engineering and mixing.
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris directed the video, shooting in and around Las Vegas and borrowing themes from the David Bowie film The Man Who Fell to Earth. On the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart it hung around for three weeks and got as high as number 36.
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 | 75 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 | 100 |
| 1998 | 74 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 | 100 |
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