Song · Stereolab
“Ping Pong” by Stereolab
From the album Mars Audiac Quintet (1994)
“Ping Pong” by Stereolab appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1994 and 2023. It was first released in 1994 on the album Mars Audiac Quintet. Its best result is #9 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #117 alternative song of 1994.
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"Ping Pong" was one of two singles Stereolab lifted from Mars Audiac Quintet, their third studio album, which came out in 1994 on Duophonic in Britain and Elektra in America; "Wow and Flutter" was the other. Lætitia Sadier composed it, and Sean O'Hagan plays guitar on it, even though the March and April 1994 sessions were where he stepped down as a full-time member to put his own band, the High Llamas, first. He kept turning up as a session hand anyway.
Keyboardist Katharine Gifford came aboard for the recording, and the English-French band leaned harder into pop this time: AllMusic's Heather Phares heard the album as poppier than anything before it, a showcase for their own brand of space age pop.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 9 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 697 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 372 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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