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“Spirit of '76” by The Alarm

From the EP Strength (1985)

“Spirit of '76” by The Alarm appears on 17 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1999 and 2023. It was first released in 1985 on the EP Strength. Its best result is #439 on the CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #841 alternative song of all time.

17countdowns
3stations
#439best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1999–2023years charted

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Mike Peters and Eddie MacDonald wrote "Spirit of '76" for the Alarm, and it came out in 1985 as a single from Strength, the Welsh band's second album on IRS, with Mike Howlett producing. It was the album's second single, arriving after the record itself, and it went further than the title track, which had stalled at No. 40 in the UK: "Spirit of '76" reached No. 22 and landed the band on Top of the Pops and a string of other TV shows. The follow-up, "Knife Edge", fell just short of the top 40 at No. 43.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 439 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 440 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 441 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 441 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1433 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 441 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 2040 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 441 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 443 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 502 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 503 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 519 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 529 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 545 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 547 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 561 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2023 475 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850

Also listed as: Spirit Of '76.

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