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“Hazy Shade of Winter” by The Bangles

Released 1987

“Hazy Shade of Winter” by The Bangles appears on 20 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1987 and 2026. It was first released in 1987. Its best result is #12 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #24 alternative song of 1987, #2,501 alternative song of all time and #129 of the '80s.

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1987–2026years charted

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The Bangles cut Paul Simon's "Hazy Shade of Winter" in 1987 for the soundtrack to the film Less Than Zero, and they turn the Simon & Garfunkel song into a charging rocker. Rick Rubin produced, and he gives it a hard, bright crunch, all slashing guitars and pounding drums with the harmonies riding high on top. Simon's lyric, about a struggling poet who can't tell what his life has added up to, gets a jolt of urgency from all that energy. It went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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#StationCountdownof
1987 12 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 107
1987 27 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 91
1987 102 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 105
1987 46 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 144 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of the 1980s 200
1988 212 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1989 167 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1992 417 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 439 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 182 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 485 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1998 77 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 536 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 683 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2003 2000 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2015 21 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Rocktober: Women That Rock 24 24
2021 119 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2022 980 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2024 25 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850
2026 75 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498

Also listed as: Hazy shade of winter; Hazy Shade Of Winter.

Charting alongside it in 1987

Best songs of 1987 →
  1. 1Girlfriend in a ComaThe Smiths
  2. 2With or Without YouU2
  3. 3Dear GodXTC
  4. 4Why Can't I Be You?The Cure
  5. 5StrangeloveDepeche Mode
  6. 6Lips Like SugarEcho and the Bunnymen

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