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“This Corrosion” by Sisters of Mercy

From the album Floodland (1987)

“This Corrosion” by Sisters of Mercy appears on 36 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 1987 and 2023. It was first released in 1987 on the album Floodland. Its best result is #7 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #49 alternative song of 1988, #717 alternative song of all time and #97 of the '80s.

36countdowns
14stations
#7best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1987–2023years charted

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"This Corrosion" was the lead single from the Sisters of Mercy's second album, Floodland, released in 1987, and it is gothic rock blown up to widescreen proportions. Andrew Eldritch wrote it and sings it, and for a producer he turned to Jim Steinman.

Steinman went all the way. Behind Eldritch's cavernous voice he stacked a team of backing singers, Tawatha Agee, Curtis King, Holly Sherwood, Gina Taylor, Vaneese Thomas and Brenda White-King, and on top of them the New York Choral Society, so that the chorus arrives like a cathedral full of the damned chanting in unison. The beat thumps like a dance floor at the end of the world, and the whole thing is loud and unashamed of it.

Released on Merciful Release, it went to number 7 in the UK, number 6 in Ireland and number 17 in Germany.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 86 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 107
1987 73 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 105
1987 7 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1987 29
1988 45 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 107
1988 51 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 91
1988 57 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 299 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 124 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1989 71 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 1989) 101
1989 97 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 60 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 99 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 74 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 169 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 274 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 377 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 115 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 494 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 428 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 490 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 101 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 464 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 315 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 157 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 389 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 421 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 859 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 240 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
2000 240 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2001 241 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2002 396 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 959 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 226 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2008 2007 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2023 314 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 683 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909

Also listed as: This Corrision.

Charting alongside it in 1988

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  5. 5Peek-A-BooSiouxsie and the Banshees
  6. 6Chains of LoveErasure

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