Song · Sparks
“I Predict” by Sparks
From the album Angst in My Pants (1982)
“I Predict” by Sparks appears on 5 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1982 and 2003. It was first released in 1982 on the album Angst in My Pants. Its best result is #7 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #14 alternative song of 1982 and #3,505 alternative song of all time.
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Sparks were eleven albums deep when Angst in My Pants arrived in 1982, and "I Predict", the record's lead single, finally got the duo onto the Billboard Hot 100. Ron and Russell Mael wrote it; Russell sings it in a bright, breathless yelp while Ron's keyboards and James Goodwin's synths tick like a nervous clock, and Bob Haag, Leslie Bohem and David Kendrick keep the new wave engine humming. Mack produced and engineered.
The video pushed its luck: Ron in drag doing a striptease in a Los Angeles nightclub while Russell lip-syncs. It's often wrongly pinned on David Lynch, and MTV mostly kept it for the late-night hours. They took the song to Saturday Night Live as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 7 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 215 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1989 | 415 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 2002 | 1294 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1150 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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