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“Turn It On” by The Flaming Lips

From the album Transmissions From the Satellite Heart (1993)

“Turn It On” by The Flaming Lips appears on 18 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1999 and 2024. It was first released in 1993 on the album Transmissions From the Satellite Heart. Its best result is #461 on The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,487 alternative song of all time.

18countdowns

4stations

#461best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1999–2024years charted

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The Flaming Lips - Turn It On [Official Music Video]

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"Turn It On" turned up on The Flaming Lips' Transmissions From the Satellite Heart in June 1993, a four-way writing job credited to Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Michael Ivins and Ronald Jones.

Keith Cleversley produced it with the band and handled the engineering and recording himself, and the track has a loose, homemade glow: fuzzed-out guitars crackling like a speaker about to give up, a melody sunny enough to hum after one spin, and a ramshackle charm that never tries to tidy itself up. It's fuzz-pop with its heart wide open, and it still sounds like a party somebody forgot to shut down.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#1,487 of all time

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	461	107.7 The End	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1077
1999	1777	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	1767	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	1767	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	1756	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2003	1501	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	1501	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	1495	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	749	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	744	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	722	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	685	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	706	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	704	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	720	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2019	516	KEXP	KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time	627
2023	858	The Current	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s	893
2024	462	KEXP	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time	738

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