Song · Sisters of Mercy
“Alice” by Sisters of Mercy
Released 1982
“Alice” by Sisters of Mercy appears on 26 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1983 and 2013. It was first released in 1982. Its best result is #18 on the Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1993). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #104 alternative song of 1983 and #866 alternative song of all time.
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Vocalist Andrew Eldritch wrote "Alice", and the Sisters of Mercy put it out in 1982 on their own Merciful Release label, a stand-alone single paired with "Floorshow" as the band's third seven-inch. Both came out of a week of pre-production in Eldritch's Leeds flat and two weekends at Kenny Giles's studio in Bridlington, where the Psychedelic Furs' John Ashton produced four tracks: those two, a cover of the Stooges' "1969" and "Good Things", which never saw release.
In March 1983 it returned as a 12-inch EP with "1969" and a new recording, "Phantom", added, and Ashton footed the bill for its American release on Brain Eater Records of Island Park, New York, the band's first in the US. The EP never got a CD of its own; it lives on the Some Girls Wander by Mistake collection.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 27 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983 | 50 |
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