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“How she threw it all away” by The Style Council
From the album Confessions of a Pop Group (1988)
“How she threw it all away” by The Style Council appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2003. It was first released in 1988 on the album Confessions of a Pop Group. Its best result is #1713 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,712 alternative song of all time.
"How She Threw It All Away" comes off Confessions of a Pop Group, the fourth studio album the Style Council released on Polydor in June 1988. Paul Weller wrote it alone and produced it with Mick Talbot, and Jeremy "Jezar" Wakefield engineered and mixed, working with two 24-track digital machines that let the band chase sounds they had never tried before.
The record came out of a fraught stretch: The Cost of Loving had been a critical flop, tensions with Polydor had flared, drummer Steve White left and Dee C. Lee joined as a full member. Across the album Weller's lyrics turned unusually bitter. The record stalled at No. 15, but this song has since been hailed as one of Weller's lost classics, one he hasn't played live since the early days of his solo career, around 1990.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1713 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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