Song · Spacehog
“Mungo City” by Spacehog
From the album The Chinese Album (1998)
“Mungo City” by Spacehog appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1998 and 2000. It was first released in 1998 on the album The Chinese Album. Its best result is #96 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #381 alternative song of 1998 and #7,115 alternative song of all time.
"Mungo City" carries the name of the film Spacehog never shot. Their second album, The Chinese Album, came out on Sire in 1998, and for a while it was eyed as the soundtrack and starting point for a movie called Mungo City, later The Chinese Movie, about a band that heads for Hong Kong to make it after a New York label turns it away. The expatriate Brits never warmed to the final script, so the cameras never rolled.
Royston Langdon wrote the song, words and music, and Bryce Goggin produced it with the band. It came out of a burst of 20 songs written and recorded for the album, and in the UK it reached 79 on the singles chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 99 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 | 101 |
| 1998 | 96 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 | 103 |
| 1998 | 96 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 | 102 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1905 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1905 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
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