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“Sugar Kane” by Sonic Youth
From the album Dirty (1992)
“Sugar Kane” by Sonic Youth appears on 11 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1992 and 2023. It was first released in 1992 on the album Dirty. Its best result is #17 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #138 alternative song of 1992 and #2,614 alternative song of all time.
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"Sugar Kane" is one of the gleaming hooks buried in Dirty, Sonic Youth's seventh album, and Geffen sent it out as the record's third single in March 1993. All four members share the writing credit, Butch Vig co-produced with the band and Andy Wallace mixed it, and you can hear the polish: the squall is still in there, but it now rides a melody sturdy enough for daylight.
The video, directed by Nick Egan and shot in New York City, drops the band into the middle of a fashion show parading the "grunge" collection Marc Jacobs had designed for Perry Ellis in 1992. Jacobs and Kim Gordon were close pals, and the clip gave Chloë Sevigny her first screen appearance. The song later turned up on the End of Days soundtrack.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 17 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1176 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1158 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1163 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1196 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1172 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1109 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1070 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2019 | 1038 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2019 | 543 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2023 | 732 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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