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“Love Missile F1-11” by Sigue Sigue Sputnik
From the album Flaunt It (1986)
“Love Missile F1-11” by Sigue Sigue Sputnik appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1986 and 2003. It was first released in 1986 on the album Flaunt It. Its best result is #38 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #91 alternative song of 1986 and #5,301 alternative song of all time.
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"Love Missile F1-11" was the first shot fired by British new wave band Sigue Sigue Sputnik, the debut single off their 1986 album Flaunt It, and it went all the way to number three in the UK, the biggest hit they ever had. Martin Degville, Tony James and Neal Whitmore wrote it.
Prince was asked to produce and turned it down, grumbling that it was too violent, so the band went to Giorgio Moroder, drawn by his Hollywood film scores and those early Donna Summer records. That Summer connection is all over it: the repetitive, synthetic bass throb that became the band's trademark. The result sounds like a video arcade short-circuiting in the middle of a rock and roll record, and that was precisely the point.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 38 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1479 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1543 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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