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“Crash” by The Primitives

From the album Lovely (1988)

“Crash” by The Primitives appears on 40 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1988 and 2023. It was first released in 1988 on the album Lovely. Its best result is #12 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #8 alternative song of 1988, #722 alternative song of all time and #89 of the '80s.

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#12best position
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1988–2023years charted

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"Crash" is the Primitives' sugar rush, a 1988 single from their debut album Lovely that packs a whole summer into a burst of buzzing guitars and bright, bubblegum hooks. Paul Court, Steve Dullaghan and singer Tracy Cattell wrote it, Court's guitar racing, Dullaghan's bass bouncing and Cattell's sweet, breezy vocal gliding over the top like there's nothing to worry about. Mark Wallis mixed it with all the jangle and fuzz kept up front.

It was the British indie pop band's big moment: a UK top-five hit, a top-three entry on America's Modern Rock Tracks chart, a runner-up in Sweden, and a spot on the BBC's Top of the Pops. The song got another run when it appeared in 1994 on the Dumb & Dumber soundtrack as "Crash (The '95 Mix)", a remix that layered on organ, more guitar, extra percussion and new backing vocals, with not one Primitive involved in any of those overdubs.

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
1988 12 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 107
1988 24 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 91
1988 38 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 106
1988 19 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 100
1988 46 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988 50
1995 91 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 406 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 441 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1989 90 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 243 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 228 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 269 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1992 323 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 166 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 90 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 29 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1998 17 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 180 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 1035 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 780 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 780 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 780 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 463 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 780 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1871 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 780 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 780 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 339 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 336 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 279 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 1854 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 348 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1808 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1835 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1882 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2010 508 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 1965 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1935 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1987 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2023 496 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850

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