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“36d” by The Beautiful South
From the album 0898 Beautiful South (1992)
“36d” by The Beautiful South appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1992 and 2005. It was first released in 1992 on the album 0898 Beautiful South. Its best result is #33 on the CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #137 alternative song of 1992 and #7,426 alternative song of all time.
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"36D" turned up on 0898 Beautiful South in 1992, a Paul Heaton lyric set to music he wrote with Dave Rotheray, with Jon Kelly producing and Lance Phillips mixing. It turns its eye on glamour models, Page 3 girls especially, and it's blunter and more openly sexual than the band's usual tongue-in-cheek fare, which may be why it stalled as a single: number 46 in the UK, and just two weeks in the Top 75.
It cost the band more than a hit. Briana Corrigan objected to the way it painted the models, feeling the blame belonged to the media that put them on the page, and the song was one of the reasons she left. It later landed on the compilations Carry On up the Charts (1994) and Soup (2007).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 33 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992 | 102 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 954 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
Also listed as: 36-D.
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