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Song · 1983 · Alternative rock

Blister in the Sun

1983

★ 6.8 editorial score

Busking outside a Milwaukee theatre got them discovered by the Pretenders, and Gano's riff has been filling dancefloors ever since.

Genre

Alternative rock Rock

Subject

Drug use Desire

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