Song · Shona Laing
“Soviet Snow” by Shona Laing
From the album South (1987)
“Soviet Snow” by Shona Laing appears on 7 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1988 and 1991. It was first released in 1987 on the album South. Its best result is #25 on the WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #45 alternative song of 1988, #3,811 alternative song of all time and #294 of the '80s.
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Shona Laing wrote "Soviet Snow" by herself, words and music, for South, the New Zealand musician's 1987 album and the most successful release of her career, which went out worldwide that year and got a separate American edition in 1988, fleshed out with four songs from her 1985 album Genre.
It was one of three singles from South to reach the charts, along with "(Glad I'm) Not a Kennedy" and "Drive Baby Drive", and in the US it found its audience on the dance floor, reaching number 32 on the Dance Club Songs chart, the album's only other American chart entry besides "Kennedy". South has held up, too: in 2020 it received the IMNZ Classic Record Award at the Taite Music Prize.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 74 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 | 91 |
| 1988 | 47 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 | 106 |
| 1988 | 25 | WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 156 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) | 500 |
| 1990 | 209 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) | 299 |
| 1991 | 274 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) | 302 |
| 1991 | 430 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) | 500 |
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