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“Golden Blunders” by The Posies

From the album Dear 23 (1990)

“Golden Blunders” by The Posies appears on 16 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1990 and 2014. It was first released in 1990 on the album Dear 23. Its best result is #92 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #231 alternative song of 1990 and #1,140 alternative song of all time.

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3stations

#92best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1990–2014years charted

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"Golden Blunders" was the Posies' calling card to the big leagues in 1990, the first single from Dear 23, their major-label debut on DGC. Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow wrote it together, and the song is all chiming guitars and sweet, stacked harmonies, power pop with a rueful wink in its title. John Leckie produced, giving it a clean, glassy shimmer that lets the melody do the heavy lifting.

In Japan it came out as a single carrying three takes on the song: the album version, a radio edit and an acoustic reading.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

#2,380 of all time

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1990	92	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990	107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1994	972	KISW	KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994)	1000
1999	591	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	591	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	591	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	591	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2003	591	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	591	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	592	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	1082	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1016	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1043	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	994	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	1026	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	1048	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1099	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013

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