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“Talent Show” by The Replacements

From the album Don’t Tell a Soul (1989)

“Talent Show” by The Replacements appears on 17 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1991 and 2014. It was first released in 1989 on the album Don’t Tell a Soul. Its best result is #304 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,286 alternative song of all time.

17countdowns
3stations
#304best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1991–2014years charted

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Talent Show (2008 Remaster)

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"Talent Show" comes from the Replacements' 1989 album Don't Tell a Soul, and it's a Paul Westerberg song through and through: he wrote both the music and the words. The band produced it with Matt Wallace, and Chris Lord-Alge handled the mix, giving it a clean, radio-friendly shine.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 449 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1999 1599 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1599 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1599 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1591 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 479 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1589 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 304 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 1589 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1587 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 812 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 764 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 788 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 804 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 830 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 857 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 871 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

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