Song · The Chameleons
“Here Today” by The Chameleons
From the album Script of the Bridge (1983)
“Here Today” by The Chameleons appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1983 on the album Script of the Bridge. Its best result is #1448 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,125 alternative song of all time.
"Here Today" is on Script of the Bridge, the debut album the Chameleons put out on Statik on 8 August 1983. The writing credit is shared by Mark Burgess, Dave Fielding, John Lever and Reg Smithies, and the band produced it with Colin Richardson, who also engineered.
The Daily Record's Andrew Welsh described the album in terms of gently psychedelic guitars in the Cure's vein and drums marching in step like Joy Division's. Some have filed it under gothic rock, but frontman Burgess said goth didn't even exist yet and called the band post-punk, full stop. The influences ran wider than that anyway: guitarist Fielding loved Joni Mitchell and Mike Oldfield, and drummer Lever leaned toward Peter Gabriel and Genesis.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1448 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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