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Vitamin Z
Band United Kingdom Active 1982–1998
Vitamin Z formed in 1982 in the United Kingdom and was active until 1998. Vitamin Z has 4 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988–2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Burning Flame”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #265. The station that charted Vitamin Z most often is Live 105 (San Francisco, CA), with 2 appearances.
Vitamin Z were an English band put together in 1982 by singer Geoff Barradale and bassist Nick Lockwood, and their moment came with "Burning Flame", from the 1985 album Rites of Passage on Phonogram. It's glossy mid-'80s pop with a dramatic streak, all sleek synths and a big, yearning chorus, and it became their biggest hit, charting in both Britain and America.
Their only other hit, "Every Time That I See You", made the UK chart but never crossed the Atlantic, and the band finally wound down in 1998. Barradale went on to a second career on the other side of the business: he now manages the Arctic Monkeys.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Vitamin Z on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burning Flame | 4 | #265 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1612 | Burning Flame | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) |
| 2002 | 1101 | Burning Flame | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) |
| 1990 | 265 | Burning Flame | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) |
| 1988 | 435 | Burning Flame | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) |
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