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The Wolfgang Press

Band London United Kingdom Formed 1983

The Wolfgang Press formed in 1983 in London, United Kingdom. The Wolfgang Press has 28 chart appearances on 18 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 1992–2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “A Girl Like You”, which appears on 18 lists with a best position of #66. The station that charted The Wolfgang Press most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 22 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1992.

28appearances

18countdowns

4songs charted

4stations

0#1 finishes

1992–2014years

The Wolfgang Press were a London post-punk trio who ran from 1983 to 1995 on 4AD, with Michael Allen on vocals and bass, Mark Cox on keyboards and Andrew Gray on guitar. They began in the label's shadowy, gothic corner, but by the '90s they had discovered the groove, and it suited them.

Queer, in 1991, is the proof: dark, dubby, low-slung funk with Allen's voice murmuring in the murk, and "A Girl Like You", the song that became their international hit, rides a lazy, loping beat that sounds like it was recorded at 4 in the morning. "Mama Told Me Not to Come" is from the same record. Funky Little Demons followed in 1995, with "Going South", before they called it a day.

They came back in 2024, with Andrew Gray's brother Stephen taking Cox's place, to make a new album, A 2nd Shape, on Downwards Records.

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

Songs by The Wolfgang Press on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	A Girl Like You	911	18	#66	–	1992
2	Going South	202	8	#1420	–	–
3	Mama Told me not come	50	1	#1027	–	–
4	Mama Told Me Not To Come	47	1	#1066	–	–

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2014	1344	A Girl Like You	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	1290	A Girl Like You	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011	1231	A Girl Like You	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	1185	A Girl Like You	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	1150	A Girl Like You	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008	1124	A Girl Like You	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	1990	Going South	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	1127	A Girl Like You	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2005	403	A Girl Like You	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1420	Going South	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	401	A Girl Like You	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	1421	Going South	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	401	A Girl Like You	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1421	Going South	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1027	Mama Told me not come	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1812	A Girl Like You	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002	401	A Girl Like You	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1435	Going South	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1066	Mama Told Me Not To Come	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1908	A Girl Like You	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001	401	A Girl Like You	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1437	Going South	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	399	A Girl Like You	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	1436	Going South	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	398	A Girl Like You	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1436	Going South	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1992	83	A Girl Like You	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992
1992	66	A Girl Like You	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992

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