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“Sleeping Satellite” by Tasmin Archer

Released 1993

“Sleeping Satellite” by Tasmin Archer appears on 18 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1993 and 2014. It was first released in 1993. Its best result is #60 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #100 alternative song of 1993 and #1,172 alternative song of all time.

18countdowns

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#60best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1993–2014years charted

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"Sleeping Satellite" introduced Tasmin Archer to the world in 1992 as the first single from her debut album, Great Expectations, and it did the job in style. She wrote the words and shared the writing with John Beck and John Hughes, and Julian Mendelsohn and Paul Wickens produced it into a sleek, slow-rolling pop song with plenty of room for her voice to soar.

Critics liked it and record buyers almost everywhere agreed: it went to number one in the UK, Ireland, Greece and Israel and made the top 20 in 13 other countries, while in America it climbed to 32 on the Billboard Hot 100. Two separate videos were made for it, one directed by Laurence Dunmore and the other by Zanna.

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
1993	60	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993	107
1993	68	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993	105

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1994	428	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)	500
1999	180	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	180	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	182	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	182	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2002	1577	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2003	182	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	182	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	183	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	1538	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1537	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1560	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	1592	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	1660	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	1729	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1796	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013

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