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“Metal Mickey” by Suede
From the album Suede (1993)
“Metal Mickey” by Suede appears on 8 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1993 and 2022. It was first released in 1993 on the album Suede. Its best result is #54 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #114 alternative song of 1993 and #3,391 alternative song of all time.
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"Metal Mickey" was Suede's second single, out on Nude on 14 September 1992, and it later landed on their self-titled debut album. Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler wrote it and Ed Buller produced, and it did what "The Drowners" hadn't: it climbed to No. 17 in the UK and put the band on Top of the Pops for the first time.
It's a fast, leering glam stomp. Butler has said the bones came from "The Shoop Shoop Song", and that his guitar solo tips its hat to the Kinks' "You Really Got Me". The title nods to the robot from a children's TV sitcom, but Anderson has said the real inspiration was KatieJane Garside, the singer of Daisy Chainsaw. NME's Ian McCann named it Single of the Week.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 54 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993 | 107 |
| 1993 | 81 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 998 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2002 | 342 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2003 | 327 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) | 500 |
| 2005 | 270 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 242 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) | 499 |
| 2022 | 660 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
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