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“Planet of Sound” by The Pixies
From the album Trompe le Monde (1991)
“Planet of Sound” by The Pixies appears on 17 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1991 and 2014. It was first released in 1991 on the album Trompe le Monde. Its best result is #3 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #35 alternative song of 1991 and #1,690 alternative song of all time.
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"Planet of Sound" was the first single from the Pixies' 1991 album Trompe le Monde in both the US and the UK, and it hits like a sonic boom: Black Francis, who wrote it and sings it, bellows over a pummeling riff while Joey Santiago's guitar screams alongside his. Kim Deal plays bass and adds vocals, Dave Lovering batters the drums and Eric Drew Feldman lays in keyboards and synthesizer.
Gil Norton produced it during the album sessions, with Steve Haigler engineering, and the single got its own mix, different from the album version. The lyrics tip their hat to Mason Williams' instrumental "Classical Gas". Francis thought enough of it to record it again for his 2004 solo album Frank Black Francis.
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 | 58 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 91 Songs of 1991 | 91 |
| 1991 | 26 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty') | 50 |
| 1991 | 3 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1991 | 30 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 922 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 973 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 974 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 974 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 959 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 959 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 959 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 1429 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1377 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1388 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1422 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1482 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1546 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1603 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
Also listed as: Planet Of Sound; Planet of sound.
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