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“The Beaten Generation” by The The

From the album Mind Bomb (1989)

“The Beaten Generation” by The The appears on 16 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2014. It was first released in 1989 on the album Mind Bomb. Its best result is #239 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,320 alternative song of all time.

16countdowns
2stations
#239best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1999–2014years charted

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The The - The Beaten Generation (TOTP 1989)

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"The Beaten Generation" comes from The The's 1989 album Mind Bomb, and it's Matt Johnson's show: he wrote the words and music, sings lead, plays acoustic guitar and produced it with Warne Livesey. But he had a heavyweight foil in Johnny Marr, who adds electric guitar, harmonica and backing vocals.

The supporting cast fills it out with a folk-rock bustle: Mark Feltham's harmonica, Wix on piano and accordion, James Eller on bass and David Palmer on drums, with Felix Kendall recording and mixing. The result is jaunty on the surface and sour underneath, a sing-along with a scowl.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 706 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 706 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 707 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 707 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 495 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 707 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 239 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 707 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 708 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1681 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1646 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1667 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1706 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1775 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1794 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1853 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: The Beat(en) Generation; The Beat(En) Generation.

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