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“Tower of Strength” by The Mission
“Tower of Strength” by The Mission appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1991 and 1999. Its best result is #139 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,722 alternative song of all time.
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The Mission opened the campaign for Children, their second album, with "Tower of Strength" in February 1988, and it's gothic rock blown up to cathedral scale. They recorded it at Oxfordshire's Manor Studio, outside Kidlington, in 1987, with Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones producing, and according to singer and songwriter Wayne Hussey, Jones and drummer Mick Brown spent more than two days just programming the sequencer. The song was first written about the Eskimos, the devoted fans whose support had kept the band strong in its early days.
It entered the UK chart on 13 February 1988, rose to 12 and hung around for seven weeks, and it made 30 in the Netherlands. It has come back in new versions since, in 1994 to promote the compilation Sum and Substance and again in 2020.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 139 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 1999 | 544 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
Also listed as: Tower Of Strength.
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