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Strange Advance
Band Vancouver Canada Active 1982–1995
Strange Advance formed in 1982 in Vancouver, Canada and was active until 1995. Strange Advance has 4 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1991–1999. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “We Run”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #174. The station that charted Strange Advance most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 4 appearances.
Strange Advance came out of Vancouver in 1982 with synthesizers, a sleek new wave sheen and an appetite for big, widescreen choruses. Drew Arnott and Darryl Kromm were at its core, and Capitol Records was their label.
Worlds Away, the 1982 debut, made them the ones to watch, and the Juno Awards agreed, nominating them as Most Promising Group of the Year in 1983. The title track glides along on cool, shimmering keyboards and a sense of looking out a spaceship window. 2WO followed in 1985 with "We Run", a pulsing, urgent synth-pop number built for night drives, and that same year brought another Juno nod, this time for Group of the Year. The Distance Between came next in 1988, and all three of their first albums went gold in Canada.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Strange Advance on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We Run | 2 | #174 | – | – | |
| 2 | Worlds Away | 2 | #390 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 174 | We Run | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) |
| 1999 | 884 | Worlds Away | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) |
| 1991 | 390 | Worlds Away | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) |
| 1991 | 414 | We Run | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) |
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