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Cover of La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 by White Zombie
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“Thunder Kiss '65” by White Zombie

From the album La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 (1992)

“Thunder Kiss '65” by White Zombie appears on 34 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1993 and 2025. It was first released in 1992 on the album La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1. Its best result is #46 on the KBPI Top 200 Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #62 alternative song of 1993 and #1,441 alternative song of all time.

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#46best position
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"Thunder Kiss '65" was White Zombie's first proper single, cut for their third album, La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1, on Geffen in 1992, and it plays like a drive-in horror double bill with the speakers blown. All four members share the writing credit: Jay Yuenger's guitar grinds out a riff built for headbanging, Sean Yseult's bass and Ivan de Prume's drums lock into a heavy strut, and Rob Zombie barks his own lyrics around dialogue lifted from Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, the 1965 exploitation flick. Andy Wallace produced and mixed it with enough muscle to make the groove swing.

It took three releases before it caught on. Then Mike Judge got hold of it, the video turned up on Beavis and Butt-head in 1993, and the song earned the band its first Grammy nomination, for Best Metal Performance. VH1 later put it at number 32 among its 40 Greatest Metal Songs.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1993 50 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993 107
1993 50 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993 91
1993 74 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 371 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 314 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 256 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 157 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1995 147 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 162 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1998 252 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 122 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 438 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 631 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 334 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 175 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 369 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
1999 289 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 318 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2004 84 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2006 75 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 74 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2008 194 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2013 46 KBPI KBPI Top 200 Songs of All Time 200
2020 243 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 404 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2021 253 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2021 484 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2022 248 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 670 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 249 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 53 94.1 WJJO WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 100
2024 362 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2025 400 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2025 92 94.1 WJJO WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 100

Also listed as: Thunderkiss '65; Thunder Kiss 65; Thunderkiss 65.

Charting alongside it in 1993

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  2. 2CreepRadiohead
  3. 3LingerThe Cranberries
  4. 4PlushStone Temple Pilots
  5. 5No RainBlind Melon
  6. 6Soul to SqueezeRed Hot Chili Peppers

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