Song · The Damned
“Grimly Fiendish” by The Damned
From the album Phantasmagoria (1985)
“Grimly Fiendish” by The Damned appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1989 and 1991. It was first released in 1985 on the album Phantasmagoria. Its best result is #427 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,755 alternative song of all time.
"Grimly Fiendish" came out as a single on 18 March 1985 and is also on Phantasmagoria, the Damned's 1985 album, and it caught the band in new major-label clothes. MCA had signed them, and under the sway of guitarist and keyboardist Roman Jugg and singer Dave Vanian they were moving deeper into goth.
The label threw money at it: a video directed by Jonathan Gershfield, two different 12-inch releases, each with its own remix, and a handful of limited 7-inch variants. It paid off, reaching 21 in the UK in April 1985, the band's biggest hit since 1979. Vanian sings lead, Jugg plays keyboard, Bryn Merrick bass and Gary Barnacle brass, and Clive Thomas Jackson wrote the words.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 427 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) | 500 |
| 1991 | 497 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) | 500 |
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