Song · Violent Soho
“Covered in Chrome” by Violent Soho
From the album Hungry Ghost (2013)
“Covered in Chrome” by Violent Soho appears on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2013 and 2025. It was first released in 2013 on the album Hungry Ghost. Its best result is #4 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #170 alternative song of 2013.
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"Covered in Chrome" was the second single from Hungry Ghost, the third album by Australian rockers Violent Soho, and it's a song credited to the whole band. The words took their ideas and imagery from an unlikely source: a Wikipedia article about the 1956 Hungarian uprising that Boerdam had been reading.
The video, out on 16 October 2013, was shot at bassist Luke Henery's house and ends with someone setting fire to the things hanging on the backyard clothesline. Asked whether anyone worried about the damage, Boerdam shrugged that it was a rental and Henery's problem. That sums up the song pretty well: big, grungy and cheerfully reckless, with a chorus built for a room full of people shouting it back.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 14 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) | 100 |
| 2025 | 40 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs (2025) | 100 |
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