Song · The Beautiful South
“Rotterdam” by The Beautiful South
Released 1996
“Rotterdam” by The Beautiful South appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2001. It was first released in 1996. Its best result is #254 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,342 alternative song of all time.
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"Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)" came off Blue Is the Colour, the Beautiful South's fifth studio album, and Go! Discs released it as a single in September 1996 with Jacqui Abbott singing lead. Paul Heaton wrote the words and Dave Rotheray shared the music, and the lyric started life in a bar on the Lijnbaan, Rotterdam's main shopping drag, one January afternoon in 1996.
By Heaton's own account it wasn't a welcoming spot: modern-looking and cold, with owners who, he suspects, took one look at a bleary bloke who had likely been up drinking all night, and smelled like it, and decided he was not the regular they wanted. The song went to number five in the UK and held a top-40 place for nine weeks.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 254 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
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