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“Edie (Ciao Baby)” by The Cult

From the album Sonic Temple (1989)

“Edie (Ciao Baby)” by The Cult appears on 22 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1989 and 2009. It was first released in 1989 on the album Sonic Temple. Its best result is #15 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #39 alternative song of 1989, #1,702 alternative song of all time and #304 of the '80s.

22countdowns
8stations
#15best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1989–2009years charted

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"Edie (Ciao Baby)" ranks among the Cult's most popular songs, and it sits on Sonic Temple, the British band's fourth studio album, released in April 1989, where it followed "Fire Woman" out the door. Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy wrote it, Astbury sings lead and Duffy plays guitar, with Jamie Stewart on bass, session drummer Mickey Curry behind the kit and John Webster on keyboards. The Cult and Bob Buckley arranged it.

Bob Rock produced, the first time the band had worked with him, and Mike Fraser recorded it with Chris Taylor assisting, at Little Mountain Sound Studios in Vancouver between September and November 1988. Curry got the job only after two earlier demo versions of the album with other drummers fell through, and it was Stewart's last album with the band.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 40 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 107
1989 15 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989 90

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 413 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000
1991 988 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1994 85 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 831 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 435 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 770 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 143 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 835 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1998 283 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1998 456 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 864 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 411 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
1999 399 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 548 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 699 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 898 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2006 200 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 356 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2008 266 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2009 348 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500

Also listed as: Edie (ciao baby).

Charting alongside it in 1989

Best songs of 1989 →
  1. 1Love SongThe Cure
  2. 2StandR.E.M.
  3. 3Here Comes Your ManThe Pixies
  4. 4She Drives Me CrazyFine Young Cannibals
  5. 5Love ShackThe B-52's
  6. 6Personal JesusDepeche Mode

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