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“Die Die My Darling” by The Misfits
From the album Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood (1983)
“Die Die My Darling” by The Misfits appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2002. It was first released in 1983 on the album Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood. Its best result is #1997 on the Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,736 alternative song of all time.
Glenn Danzig wrote "Die, Die My Darling" and named it after the American title of the 1965 horror film Fanatic, which is about as Misfits as an origin story gets. The band cut it in August 1981 during the Walk Among Us sessions, then left it off that album; a remix finally landed on the international edition of Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood in 1983, alongside "We Bite".
By the time it came out as a single in May 1984, on Danzig's own Plan 9 Records, the Misfits had already broken up. The front of the sleeve was lifted from a 1953 issue of the comic book Chamber of Chills, with back-cover art by Pushead. Danzig sings, Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein plays guitar and Jerry Only bass, and the band produced it with Spot, who also engineered.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1997 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
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