Song · The Lemonheads
“Luka” by The Lemonheads
From the album Lick (1989)
“Luka” by The Lemonheads appears on 14 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2014. It was first released in 1989 on the album Lick. Its best result is #1267 on the CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,938 alternative song of all time.
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The Lemonheads tucked their version of "Luka" onto Lick in 1989, borrowing a song that Suzanne Vega wrote and first sang on her 1987 album Solitude Standing, where it gave her the biggest American hit of her career. Taking a hushed folk-pop single and running it through a scrappy guitar band was a cheeky move, the kind of left-field cover that tells you plenty about the record collections of the people playing it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1334 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1334 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1334 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1333 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1318 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1318 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1318 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 1281 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1267 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1278 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1317 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1371 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1431 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1487 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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