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“Here Comes Your Man” by The Pixies

From the album Doolittle (1989)

“Here Comes Your Man” by The Pixies appears on 68 radio countdowns from 25 stations between 1989 and 2026. It was first released in 1989 on the album Doolittle. Its best result is #2 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #3 alternative song of 1989, #169 alternative song of all time and #90 of the '80s.

68countdowns
25stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
3top 10 finishes
1989–2026years charted

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"Here Comes Your Man" went out in June 1989 as the second single from Doolittle, the Pixies' second album, and it's the band's sweetest, sunniest moment: a bright, chiming jangle that sounds like it wandered in from a different, friendlier group. Black Francis wrote it as a teenager, and the band cut it for their 1987 demo tape, but he was reluctant to put it out, so it stayed off both Come On Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa.

Gil Norton produced it and engineered it with Matt Lane, and Steve Haigler mixed it. Black Francis and Joey Santiago play the guitars, Kim Deal plays bass and shares the vocals with Francis, Santiago chips in backing vocals, and Dave Lovering keeps the drums light on their feet.

Critics heard it as the Pixies' breakthrough, and Spin's Jon Dolan reckoned no underground band had ever made anything more accessible. It climbed to number three on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, and in 2019 it went Gold in Canada.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

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Indie & Adult Alternative

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 10 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 107
1989 34 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989 90
1989 63 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 105
1989 2 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1989 30
1989 37 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989 50

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 55 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1990) 100
1991 822 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 358 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 216 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 368 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 125 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 399 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 207 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 268 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 9 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 882 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 320 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 15 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 279 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 123 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 15 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 125 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 15 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 113 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 15 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 112 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 69 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 15 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 20 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 119 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 204 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 13 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 91 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 709 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2005 44 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 16 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 485 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2005 13 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 70s & 80s 96
2006 442 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 83 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 51 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2006 15 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Resurrection Songs (December 2006) 107
2007 428 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 256 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 198 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 203 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 470 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2010 215 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2010 575 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 223 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 224 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 223 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2016 802 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2018 276 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 121 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2019 104 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 104 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2020 120 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 83 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2022 488 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2022 327 KEXP KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) 491
2023 62 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 1145 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2023 191 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2024 582 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2025 194 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 394 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498
2026 238 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917

Also listed as: Here Comes your Man.

Charting alongside it in 1989

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  3. 4She Drives Me CrazyFine Young Cannibals
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  5. 6Personal JesusDepeche Mode
  6. 7So AliveLove and Rockets

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