Song · Scritti Politti
“The Sweetest Girl” by Scritti Politti
From the album Songs to Remember (1982)
“The Sweetest Girl” by Scritti Politti appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1981 and 1982. It was first released in 1982 on the album Songs to Remember. Its best result is #22 on the John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1981). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,030 alternative song of all time.
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Scritti Politti put out "The 'Sweetest Girl'" as a Rough Trade single in October 1981, and it resurfaced the following year on the album Songs to Remember. Green Gartside, the Welsh singer at the heart of his own band, wrote it alone, and Robert Wyatt sat in on keyboards, a guest spot that tells you how far this record sits from ordinary chart fodder.
It's synth-pop with the edges sanded soft, dreamy and a little sly, a pop song made by people who plainly read the small print. The charts barely noticed at the time: it crept to 64 in the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 22 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1981) | 50 |
| 1982 | 27 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty (1982) | 50 |
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