Violent Femmes

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The Violent Femmes are an alternative rock band that formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the early 1980s. Gordon Gano (singer/guitarist), Brian Ritchie (bassist), and Victor DeLorenzo (percussionist) founded the group.

The music was an innovative combination of American folk music and punk rock. The lyrics mix common adolescent themes like yearning for love, sex and affection with explorations of sin, death, and the hope of salvation. Their songs often expressed both a lyrical and musical sense of humor.

The group quickly gained a small cult following after the release of their 1981 self-titled album that never burgeoned into widespread popularity, although a few songs from this album did get some recognition (“Add It Up”, “

Blister in the Sun” and “Gone Daddy Gone”). The debut album Violent Femmes went platinum ten years after its release. (read more)

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	Add this track to your playlist Blister in the Sun	0:30	142,496	Buy mp3
	Add this track to your playlist Please Do Not Go	0:30	38,853	Buy mp3

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Blister in the Sun	3,519
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Kiss Off	1,132
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Add It Up	1,111
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Gone Daddy Gone	992
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Please Do Not Go	685
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Prove My Love	617
3	7	Add this track to your playlist American Music	519
1	8	Add this track to your playlist Good Feeling	514
1	9	Add this track to your playlist Promise	497
1	10	Add this track to your playlist Confessions	488
–	11	Add this track to your playlist To the Kill	452
–	12	Add this track to your playlist Gimme The Car	397
–	13	Add this track to your playlist Country Death Song	351
–	14	Add this track to your playlist Color Me Once	322
–	15	Add this track to your playlist Jesus Walking on the Water	292
–	16	Add this track to your playlist Black Girls	269
–	17	Add this track to your playlist I Held Her in My Arms	223
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Waiting for the Bus	222
–	19	Add this track to your playlist Ugly	216
1	20	Add this track to your playlist Old Mother Reagan	172

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Top Tracks, Last Six Months

–	1	Add this track to your playlist Blister in the Sun	47,746
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Gone Daddy Gone	21,746
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Add It Up	20,800
–	4	Add this track to your playlist Kiss Off	14,751
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Please Do Not Go	12,071
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Prove My Love	11,350
–	7	Add this track to your playlist American Music	10,420
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Good Feeling	9,601
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Gimme The Car	9,248
–	10	Add this track to your playlist Promise	9,024
–	11	Add this track to your playlist Confessions	8,903
–	12	Add this track to your playlist To the Kill	8,332
–	13	Add this track to your playlist Country Death Song	8,087
–	14	Add this track to your playlist Jesus Walking on the Water	6,436
–	15	Add this track to your playlist Black Girls	6,175
–	16	Add this track to your playlist Color Me Once	4,426
–	17	Add this track to your playlist Ugly	3,528
1	18	Add this track to your playlist I Held Her in My Arms	3,295
1	19	Add this track to your playlist I Hear the Rain	3,219
–	20	Add this track to your playlist Waiting for the Bus	3,056
–	21	Add this track to your playlist Hallowed Ground	2,863
–	22	Add this track to your playlist Never Tell	2,737
–	23	Add this track to your playlist Sweet Misery Blues	2,531
1	24	Add this track to your playlist Old Mother Reagan	2,528
1	25	Add this track to your playlist Nightmares	2,497
4	26	Add this track to your playlist Do You Really Want to Hurt Me	2,407
1	27	Add this track to your playlist It's Gonna Rain	2,341
1	28	Add this track to your playlist 36-24-36	2,291
2	29	Add this track to your playlist I Know It's True but I'm Sorry to Say	2,150
2	30	Add this track to your playlist I Hate the TV	2,097
2	31	Add this track to your playlist Out the Window	2,088
4	32	Add this track to your playlist Don't Start Me on the Liquor	2,044
2	33	Add this track to your playlist Blister 2000	1,970
–	34	Add this track to your playlist America Is	1,908
–	35	Add this track to your playlist Lies	1,707
1	36	Add this track to your playlist Degradation	1,686
1	37	Add this track to your playlist Dance, Motherfucker, Dance!	1,628
3	38	Add this track to your playlist Children of the Revolution	1,595
3	39	Add this track to your playlist Peove My Love	1,503
1	40	Add this track to your playlist Freak Magnet (Album Version)	1,381
1	41	Add this track to your playlist Color Me Once (LP Version)	1,364
–	42	Add this track to your playlist Children Of The Revolution (LP Version)	1,324
–	43	Add this track to your playlist I Danced (Album Version)	1,287
–	44	Add this track to your playlist I Held Her In My Arms (Original Album Version)	1,259
2	45	Add this track to your playlist Vancouver	1,232
2	46	Add this track to your playlist Johnny	1,211
2	47	Add this track to your playlist Breakin' Up (LP Version)	1,204
2	48	Add this track to your playlist Good Feeling (Live At Rhino, 2002) (Hidden Track)	1,191
–	49	Add this track to your playlist Out of the Window	960
–	50	Add this track to your playlist Freak Magnet	899

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