Song · This Mortal Coil
“Kangaroo” by This Mortal Coil
From the album It’ll End in Tears (1984)
“Kangaroo” by This Mortal Coil appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1984 and 2024. It was first released in 1984 on the album It’ll End in Tears. Its best result is #21 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1984. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #91 alternative song of 1984.
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"Kangaroo" turns up on It'll End in Tears, the 1984 album by This Mortal Coil, and the song itself belongs to Alex Chilton, who wrote both the words and the music. Ivo Watts-Russell produced it, with John Fryer engineering and co-producing. Gordon Sharp takes the vocal, Simon Raymonde does the heavy lifting on synthesizer, bass and acoustic guitar, and Martin McCarrick adds cello, a lean, unusual cast for somebody else's song.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 21 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1984 | 48 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 476 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
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