Song · The Sugarcubes
“Motorcrash” by The Sugarcubes
From the album Life’s Too Good (1988)
“Motorcrash” by The Sugarcubes appears on 8 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1988 and 2003. It was first released in 1988 on the album Life’s Too Good. Its best result is #36 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #32 alternative song of 1988, #3,313 alternative song of all time and #223 of the '80s.
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"Motorcrash" comes off Life's Too Good, the Sugarcubes' 1988 album, and it careens along exactly like its title promises. Björk sings it, swooping and yelping over the top, while Einar Örn Benediktsson butts in with spoken vocals and blasts of trumpet, as if two different songs were fighting for the same lane.
Þór Eldon's guitar jangles and scrapes, and Bragi Ólafsson's bass and Sigtryggur Baldursson's drums keep the whole thing hurtling forward. The band shares the writing credit, and Derek Birkett and Ray Shulman produced it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 36 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 | 107 |
| 1988 | 46 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 | 91 |
| 1988 | 60 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 | 106 |
| 1988 | 76 | WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 299 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) | 500 |
| 1994 | 483 | Live 105 | Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) | 500 |
| 2002 | 1303 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 77 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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