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Robyn Hitchcock is a rock ’n’ roll surrealist. Born in London in 1953, he describes his songs as "paintings you can listen to". As much a child of Dalí, de Chirico and J. G. Ballard as of his 1960s musical heroes, he is a master of the absurd, reveling in the beauty of the unexpected. His first band, the Soft Boys (1976–81), has remained an influential art-rock touchstone for generations of musicians. Hitchcock has floated at a tangent to the mainstream for five decades, and his songs have been performed by R.E.M., the Replacements, Neko Case, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Lou Barlow, Uncle Tupelo, Vic Chesnutt, Grant-Lee Phillips, Sparklehorse and Suzanne Vega with the Grateful Dead, among others. He came of age in the 1960s while he attended Winchester College, an eccentric hothouse boarding school in the south of England. Hitchcock lives in Nashville with his wife Emma Swift and their two cats, Ringo and Tubby.

Monthly Listeners

35,938

Followers

39,087

Total Streams

12.9 million

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Popular Tracks

256 tracks
1
The Ghost In You

The Ghost In You

Aug 26, 2014

3.9 million

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2
I Often Dream of Trains

I Often Dream of Trains

Sep 1, 1984

553,941

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I Want to Tell You About What I Want

I Want to Tell You About What I Want

Apr 21, 2017

323,524

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4
The Man Who Invented Himself

The Man Who Invented Himself

May 8, 1981

246,331

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Mad Shelley's Letterbox

Mad Shelley's Letterbox

Apr 21, 2017

197,887

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San Francisco Patrol

San Francisco Patrol

Aug 26, 2014

191,337

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Queen Elvis

Queen Elvis

Mar 12, 1990

168,713

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I Pray When I'm Drunk

I Pray When I'm Drunk

Apr 21, 2017

167,312

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To Turn You On

To Turn You On

Aug 26, 2014

154,161

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Uncorrected Personality Traits

Uncorrected Personality Traits

Sep 1, 1984

144,626

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