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“Standing There” by The Creatures
From the album Boomerang (1989)
“Standing There” by The Creatures appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1989 and 2003. It was first released in 1989 on the album Boomerang. Its best result is #87 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #194 alternative song of 1989 and #5,837 alternative song of all time.
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"Standing There" led the charge for Boomerang, the second album from the Creatures, the duo of singer Siouxsie Sioux and drummer Budgie, and Melody Maker heard it as a stampede. The pair wrote it themselves, Mike Hedges co-produced, and Gary Barnacle's saxophone and Peter Thoms's trombone give it a brassy snap.
It's a song about the street: the abuse, and worse, that comes at anyone who looks a little different, and the way it keeps you walking around with your guard up. Budgie tied it to his own past, recalling being beaten up in Liverpool in 1977 and saying nothing had changed. American alternative radio took to it, and it climbed to 4 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks in January 1990. The B-side "Divided" stayed off the album, while "Solar Choir" was added to the CD.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 87 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1810 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1497 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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