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“Song for El Salvador” by The Minutemen
From the album The Punch Line (1981)
“Song for El Salvador” by The Minutemen appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2002. It was first released in 1981 on the album The Punch Line. Its best result is #1799 on the Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,075 alternative song of all time.
Among the 18 songs crammed into the 15 minutes of The Punch Line, the Minutemen's debut album, released in November 1981 as the fourth record on SST, sits the short, sharp "Song for El Salvador". D. Boon wrote the music, sings it and plays guitar, with Mike Watt on bass and George Hurley on drums, and Spot produced.
The album came about when Greg Ginn asked the band back after the 300 copies of Paranoid Time sold out, and it became an early milestone for the band and the label alike. It hit the shops three months after Joy, even though Joy was recorded later, and the whole album was later folded into both the My First Bells cassette and the Post-Mersh Vol. 1 CD.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1799 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
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