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“Pressure Point” by The Zutons
From the album Who Killed…… The Zutons (2004)
“Pressure Point” by The Zutons appears on 8 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2004 and 2018. It was first released in 2004 on the album Who Killed…… The Zutons. Its best result is #17 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #156 alternative song of 2005.
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"Pressure Point" was the first single The Zutons pulled from their 2004 debut album Who Killed...... The Zutons?, and it gave them their first chart entry at home, reaching 19 in the UK that January. Ian Broudie produced it, Jon Gray engineered, and all five members, Dave McCabe, Boyan Chowdhury, Abi Harding, Sean Payne and Russell Pritchard, share the music credit, with McCabe writing the words. It's indie rock with a wobble in its hips, twitchy and a little unhinged.
The video leans into the chaos: things go wrong all around the band, a cat and a stream of milk included, until a billboard comes crashing down on them and they keep singing and tapping their feet anyway. Levi's used it in ads, EA put it in MVP Baseball 2005, and it became the band's only US hit, reaching 29 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart in 2005.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 89 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 | 101 |
| 2004 | 80 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 | 101 |
| 2004 | 17 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 | 103 |
| 2005 | 70 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 132 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 81 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 | 230 |
| 2005 | 153 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 817 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
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