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“I'm An Adult Now” by The Pursuit of Happiness

From the album Love Junk (1988)

“I'm An Adult Now” by The Pursuit of Happiness appears on 24 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1988 and 2023. It was first released in 1988 on the album Love Junk. Its best result is #73 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #161 alternative song of 1988 and #750 alternative song of all time.

24countdowns
8stations
#73best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1988–2023years charted

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Moe Berg wrote "I'm an Adult Now" back in 1985, and the Canadian band The Pursuit of Happiness first put it out themselves in 1986 on a 12-inch single, backed with a homemade video. The video got watched, every copy they'd pressed sold out, and the song landed a Single of the Year nomination at the 1987 CASBY Awards. Chrysalis signed them in 1988 on the strength of it.

When the label asked Berg to name his dream producers, he picked Todd Rundgren, and Rundgren took the job. The band drove from Toronto to Utopia Sound Studios in Lake Hill, New York, and cut a fresh version for Love Junk. It's power pop with its guitars cranked and its hooks sharpened, and in January 1989 the remake hit number 6 on Billboard's alternative chart.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 90 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 107
1988 73 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 106
1988 97 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1989 483 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1991 185 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1999 312 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 488 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 312 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 319 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 319 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1922 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 319 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 911 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 319 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 324 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 805 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 745 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 761 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 779 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 806 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 845 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 886 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2023 717 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 628 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893

Also listed as: I'm an Adult Now.

Charting alongside it in 1988

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  2. 2DesireU2
  3. 3Beds are BurningMidnight Oil
  4. 4Route 66Depeche Mode
  5. 5Peek-A-BooSiouxsie and the Banshees
  6. 6Chains of LoveErasure

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