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“Hit” by The Sugarcubes

From the album Stick Around for Joy (1992)

“Hit” by The Sugarcubes appears on 36 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1992 and 2014. It was first released in 1992 on the album Stick Around for Joy. Its best result is #3 on the CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #7 alternative song of 1992, #708 alternative song of all time and #327 of the '90s.

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12stations
#3best position
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The Sugarcubes - Hit

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"Hit" was the first single from Stick Around for Joy, the third and last studio album by Iceland's Sugarcubes, released by Elektra and One Little Indian on 30 December 1991, and it's the band at its most giddy and elastic. The whole group shares the writing credit, and it sounds like it: a bouncing, bright-eyed pop-rock romp where the guitars chime and skid, the rhythm section springs along like it's on a trampoline, and the vocals yelp, swoop and soar with wide-eyed exhilaration.

Paul Fox produced it and mixed it with Ed Thacker and the band, giving it a clean, radio-ready sheen without ironing out the oddness that makes the Sugarcubes who they are.

The title turned out to be prophetic. It became their most successful single, topping Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and reaching number 17 in the UK, and Óskar Jónasson directed the video.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1992 12 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 107
1992 62 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1992 91
1992 36 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 105
1992 12 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 101
1992 22 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992 100
1992 3 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992 102

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1992 292 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 352 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 422 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 382 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 471 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1999 235 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 197 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 410 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 822 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 873 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 837 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 322 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 430 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 837 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 340 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 485 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 836 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 808 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 836 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 443 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 836 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 863 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 432 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 747 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 751 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 771 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 788 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 816 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 816 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 819 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Charting alongside it in 1992

Best songs of 1992 →
  1. 1Friday I'm in LoveThe Cure
  2. 2Under the BridgeRed Hot Chili Peppers
  3. 3DriveR.E.M.
  4. 4OneU2
  5. 5JeremyPearl Jam
  6. 6TomorrowMorrissey

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