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“West End Riot” by The Living End
From the album The Living End (1998)
“West End Riot” by The Living End appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1999. It was first released in 1998 on the album The Living End. Its best result is #48 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #245 alternative song of 1999.
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Australian punk rock band The Living End pulled "West End Riot" off their self-titled album as its fourth single in July 1999. Chris Cheney wrote it, the band produced it with Lindsay Gravina, who recorded it with Matt Voight assisting, and Jerry Finn mixed it.
It barely scraped the national singles chart, peaking at 83 that August, but Triple J's listeners took to it far more warmly. Don Letts, the director behind a number of the Clash's videos, shot the clip in London during the band's UK tour, and the song became a crowd favorite, often saved for the end of the night, most memorably at Festival Hall in 2006. It also rolls over the opening clip of World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars 2002, a video game.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 48 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 | 100 |
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