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“Push Upstairs” by Underworld
From the album Beaucoup Fish (1998)
“Push Upstairs” by Underworld appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations in 1999. It was first released in 1998 on the album Beaucoup Fish. Its best result is #21 on the WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #122 alternative song of 1999 and #7,017 alternative song of all time.
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Underworld pulled "Push Upstairs" off Beaucoup Fish, their fifth album, and put it out as a single on 15 March 1999. Karl Hyde, Rick Smith and Darren Emerson wrote it together, Smith produced it, and he mixed it with Tom E. Morrison and Mike Nielsen for Junior Boy's Own. The title borrows office jargon: to push someone upstairs is to promote them against their will, or for reasons of your own.
It climbed to 12 on the UK singles chart, and the single came loaded with remixes from Roger S., Adam Beyer and Darren Price, plus a B-side called "Please Help Me".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 103 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 92 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 | 101 |
| 1999 | 21 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 | 99 |
| 1999 | 66 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1999 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 904 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
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