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“Somebody put something in my drink” by The Ramones
From the EP Something to Believe In (1986)
“Somebody put something in my drink” by The Ramones appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1986 on the EP Something to Believe In. Its best result is #1264 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,764 alternative song of all time.
"Somebody Put Something in My Drink" landed on Animal Boy, the Ramones' 1986 album, and it belongs to Richie Ramone, the drummer who'd come aboard in 1983 and wrote this one, words and music, on his own. It isn't a metaphor, either: the song grew out of the time someone handed him a drink spiked with LSD, and it plays like a bad trip crammed into a buzzsaw.
The band shot a video for it but ran out of money before it was finished; a rough cut finally surfaced on the It's Alive! 1974–1996 DVD. The single's sleeve borrowed Prince Randian from the 1932 film Freaks, and Like Father Like Son put the song on the big screen in 1987.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1264 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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