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Midnite Vultures by Beck
Midnite Vultures is an album by Beck, released in 1999. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 35 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Sexx Laws”, on 28 lists with a best position of #9.
Midnite Vultures, Beck's seventh album, came out on DGC on November 16, 1999, and it's the one where he went all the way into funk. After the country-leaning Mutations, he threw himself into a sweaty, rubbery party record, with Mickey Petralia producing, that grabs funk grooves and alt-rock crunch and hurls them both at the dance floor with a wink and a leer.
"Sexx Laws" is the calling card, a strutting, shameless jam, and "Mixed Bizness" and "Debra" push the come-on even further. It never matched the blockbuster success of Odelay, but critics loved it, it still sold well, and it picked up Grammy nominations for Album of the Year and Best Alternative Music Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Midnite Vultures on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sexx Laws | 28 | #9 | – | 1999–2024 | |
| 2 | Debra | 5 | #144 | – | 2022–2026 | |
| 3 | Mixed Bizness | 2 | #75 | – | 2000 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.