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“I Am A Rock” by The Church
From the EP Sing-Songs (1982)
“I Am A Rock” by The Church appears on 4 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2002. It was first released in 1982 on the EP Sing-Songs. Its best result is #1930 on the CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,936 alternative song of all time.
The Church's take on Paul Simon's "I Am a Rock" sits on Sing-Songs, the Australian psychedelic rock band's second EP, released in December 1982. Simon gets the writing credit, and the band co-produced it with Bob Clearmountain.
The EP was a rush job with a purpose: the material was cut quickly as a demo for Capitol, the band's American label, which had already rejected The Blurred Crusade for being too uncommercial. Capitol still wasn't sold and dropped them, so EMI/Parlophone released the recordings in Australia on a small vinyl pressing that made it, for years, about the hardest Church record to track down. In 2001 EMI Australia finally remastered every track for the compilation Sing-Songs//Remote Luxury//Persia.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1932 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1946 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1946 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1930 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
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