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“(I'm) Stranded” by The Saints
From the album (I’m) Stranded (1977)
“(I'm) Stranded” by The Saints appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1977 and 2003. It was first released in 1977 on the album (I’m) Stranded. Its best result is #35 on the John Peel's Forgotten Fifty of 1977. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #35 alternative song of 1977, #4,542 alternative song of all time and #35 of the '70s.
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The Saints put "(I'm) Stranded" out themselves in September 1976, pressing 500 copies on their own Fatal Records label, and that homemade seven-inch beat the Sex Pistols, the Damned, the Clash and Buzzcocks onto vinyl. Chris Bailey and Ed Kuepper wrote it, Bailey sneering the vocal flat and bored while Kuepper's guitar comes on like a wall of static, with Kym Bradshaw on bass and Ivor Hay on drums. Rod Coe produced.
In Britain it was at first an import-only item, and Sounds went wild for it. EMI signed the band to a three-album deal that November, and the song gave its name to their debut LP. Back home it has since been voted into APRA's Top 30 Australian songs of all time and added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 35 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Forgotten Fifty of 1977 | 61 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 51 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1989) | 100 |
| 2001 | 1700 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2002 | 1659 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1817 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: I'm Stranded.
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