Song · The Chameleons
“Second Skin” by The Chameleons
From the album Script of the Bridge (1983)
“Second Skin” by The Chameleons appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1983 and 2003. It was first released in 1983 on the album Script of the Bridge. Its best result is #31 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #119 alternative song of 1983 and #5,192 alternative song of all time.
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"Second Skin" comes from Script of the Bridge, the debut album the Chameleons released through Statik on 8 August 1983. The band produced it with Colin Richardson, who also engineered, and the writing is split four ways between frontman Mark Burgess, guitarist Dave Fielding, drummer John Lever and Reg Smithies.
The album has been filed under gothic rock, but Burgess said goth hadn't even been invented yet and called the band post-punk through and through, while the Daily Record heard subtly psychedelic guitars in the Cure's vein over drumming as regimented as Joy Division's. Its roots run in odd directions, too: the guitarist was a Joni Mitchell and Mike Oldfield fan and the drummer a Peter Gabriel and Genesis man.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 31 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1983 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 941 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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