Song · The Buzzcocks
“Orgasm Addict” by The Buzzcocks
Released 1977
“Orgasm Addict” by The Buzzcocks appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2003. It was first released in 1977. Its best result is #255 on the Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,163 alternative song of all time.
"Orgasm Addict" was the A-side of Buzzcocks' very first single in 1977, backed with "What Ever Happened To?", and Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto wrote it as a breathless, sniggering punk rush whose title does all the explaining it needs.
The sleeve was built to lodge in your brain. Malcolm Garrett designed it around a collage by Linder Sterling: a naked woman with a clothes iron for a head and grinning mouths where her nipples should be. It's also the only Buzzcocks single with Garth Smith on bass. He had come in earlier that year when Steve Diggle moved over to guitar, and he was thrown out not long after the record appeared. The song later turned up on Singles Going Steady and on CD reissues of Another Music in a Different Kitchen.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 645 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2002 | 255 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 542 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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