Song · The Cramps
“Human Fly” by The Cramps
From the EP Gravest Hits (1979)
“Human Fly” by The Cramps appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2002 and 2023. It was first released in 1979 on the EP Gravest Hits. Its best result is #154 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,396 alternative song of all time.
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"Human Fly" crawled out on Gravest Hits, the Cramps' EP from June 1979, and it's about as grimy and gleeful as rock and roll got that year. Lux Interior and Poison Ivy wrote it, Lux sings it with a leer you can practically smell, and Bryan Gregory and Ivy Rorschach tangle their guitars into a buzzing, graveyard-twang racket while Nick Knox pounds out a caveman stomp.
Alex Chilton sat in the producer's chair, with John Hampton engineering, and he had the good sense to leave the cobwebs right where he found them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 531 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 154 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2019 | 326 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2022 | 775 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 569 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
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