Song · The Motels
“Danger” by The Motels
From the album Careful (1980)
“Danger” by The Motels appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1980 and 2003. It was first released in 1980 on the album Careful. Its best result is #40 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #40 alternative song of 1980 and #5,324 alternative song of all time.
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"Danger" came off Careful, the Motels' second album, in 1980, and it began life as somebody else's song. Martha Davis dashed off the melody for the Pointer Sisters after her lawyer rang to say they were short of material; she sang it for them in a living room, they liked it, and then told her their album was already full. Davis hadn't even meant to give it to her own band.
It became a Motels song once guitarist Tim McGovern got his hands on it, steering it away from R&B and into the band's own shadowy new wave pull, and the two share the writing credit. Carter produced. America mostly shrugged, though Cash Box called it superb, and the song fared better further afield, reaching 30 in New Zealand and 88 in Australia.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 40 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1023 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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