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“Can You Dig It?” by The Mock Turtles
From the album Turtle Soup (1990)
“Can You Dig It?” by The Mock Turtles appears on 9 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1991 and 2005. It was first released in 1990 on the album Turtle Soup. Its best result is #75 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #151 alternative song of 1991 and #3,119 alternative song of all time.
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"Can You Dig It?" started out hiding on the back of the Mock Turtles' "Lay Me Down" before it got a single of its own in 1991, lifted from the English band's debut album, Turtle Soup. Martin Coogan wrote it, sang it, played guitar and produced it, with Martin Glyn Murray on second guitar, Andrew Stewardson on bass, Steve Cowen on drums and Joanne Gent on keyboards, and Siren put it out.
It's a bright, swaggering jangle with a psychedelic shimmer and a chorus built for shouting back, and the sleeve dedicated it to Alan Duffy with the words "shine on you crazy diamond". More than a decade on, a Vodafone ad dragged it back into the light, and Fatboy Slim and Simon Thornton remixed it for a 2003 reissue.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 83 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991 | 107 |
| 1991 | 75 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1424 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1424 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1426 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1424 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1410 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1410 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1409 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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