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“I Am The Resurrection” by The Stone Roses
From the album The Stone Roses (1989)
“I Am The Resurrection” by The Stone Roses appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1989 and 2026. It was first released in 1989 on the album The Stone Roses. Its best result is #6 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #74 alternative song of 1989 and #6,221 alternative song of all time.
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The Stone Roses close the UK edition of their 1989 debut with "I Am the Resurrection", and they take their time leaving: the last four minutes are an instrumental outro, the band stretching out long after Ian Brown's vocal is done.
It began as a joke. Mani used to play the riff from the Beatles' "Taxman" backwards at soundchecks, the others jammed along for laughs, and eventually they decided to do it for real. Brown and John Squire took the writing credit, John Leckie produced, and Reni adds backing vocals from behind his kit.
It came out as a single in March 1992, with the band at odds with Silvertone, and reached number 33 in the UK. Squire designed the sleeve, a close-up of the debut's cover in the Jackson Pollock vein of the band's singles, and Q later put it at number 10 among its 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 6 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 738 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 2026 | 720 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
Also listed as: I Am the Resurrection.
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