Cover of Who Killed…… The Zutons by The Zutons
Cover: Who Killed…… The Zutons

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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.

8countdowns
7stations
#17best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
2004–2018years charted

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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#StationCountdownof
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#StationCountdownof
2018 817 WTMD WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 896

Charting alongside it in 2005

Best songs of 2005 →
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  2. 2Feel Good Inc.Gorillaz
  3. 3Beverly HillsWeezer
  4. 4The Hand That FeedsNine Inch Nails
  5. 5HolidayGreen Day
  6. 6Speed of SoundColdplay

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