Mayor of Simpleton

"Mayor of Simpleton"
Single by XTC
from the album Oranges & Lemons
B-side "One of the Millions"
Released January 1989
Format 7", CD single
Recorded 1988
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:58
Label Virgin
Writer(s) Andy Partridge
Producer(s) Paul Fox
XTC singles chronology
"You're a Good Man Albert Brown"
(1987)		 "Mayor of Simpleton"
(1989)		 "King for a Day"
(1989)

"Mayor of Simpleton" is a song by English band XTC, released as the first single from their album Oranges & Lemons.

The song reached No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart,[1] No. 1 on its Modern Rock chart,[2] and No. 15 on its Mainstream Rock chart,[3] becoming the band's best-performing single in the United States.

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[4] 89
Canadian Singles Chart 42
UK Singles Chart[5] 46
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 72
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[2] 1
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[3] 15

References

  1. 1 2 "Billboard > Artists / XTC > Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  2. 1 2 "Billboard > Artists / XTC > Chart History > Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  3. 1 2 "Billboard > Artists / XTC > Chart History > Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  4. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 12 September 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  5. ↑ "Official Charts > XTC". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-09-17.

See also


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