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“Deus” by The Sugarcubes

From the album Life’s Too Good (1988)

“Deus” by The Sugarcubes appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 1988. It was first released in 1988 on the album Life’s Too Good. Its best result is #20 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #97 alternative song of 1988.

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#20best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1988years charted

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"Deus" first surfaced in April 1988 on Life's Too Good, the Sugarcubes album of that year, and the credits lay out the band's two-voice attack: Björk sings while Einar Örn Benediktsson handles the spoken vocals. Bragi Ólafsson plays bass, Þór Eldon guitar and Sigtryggur Baldursson drums, the whole band shares the writing credit, and Derek Birkett and Ray Shulman produced.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Charting alongside it in 1988

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