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“Star Sign” by Teenage Fanclub

From the album Bandwagonesque (1991)

“Star Sign” by Teenage Fanclub appears on 22 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1991 and 2023. It was first released in 1991 on the album Bandwagonesque. Its best result is #5 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty'). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #52 alternative song of 1991 and #1,902 alternative song of all time.

22countdowns
8stations
#5best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1991–2023years charted

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"Star Sign" was the song Teenage Fanclub chose to introduce Bandwagonesque, their third album, released on Creation in August 1991. Gerard Love, the Scottish band's bassist, wrote it and sings it, and it's power pop turned all the way up: fuzzy, sprawling guitars wrapped around a sweet, sighing melody that sounds like it was always there.

It went to number 44 on the UK Singles Chart, but American ears took to it harder. It climbed to number four on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, the best the band ever did in the States.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 59 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991 105
1991 5 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty') 50
1992 58 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992 102

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 1255 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1258 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1263 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1262 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1504 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1247 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 665 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 1247 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1247 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1660 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1669 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1682 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1564 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1631 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1689 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1643 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 883 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 766 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2023 886 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893

Charting alongside it in 1991

Best songs of 1991 →
  1. 1Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana
  2. 2Losing My ReligionR.E.M.
  3. 3UnbelievableEMF
  4. 4Kiss Them for MeSiouxsie and the Banshees
  5. 5RushBig Audio Dynamite
  6. 6Give It AwayRed Hot Chili Peppers

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