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Big Red Letter Day by Buffalo Tom
Big Red Letter Day is an album by Buffalo Tom, released in 1993. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 32 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Sodajerk”, on 18 lists with a best position of #72.
Big Red Letter Day, Buffalo Tom's fourth album, came out on Beggars Banquet in 1993 as the follow-up to Let Me Come Over. The Boston trio, named for Buffalo Springfield and drummer Tom Maginnis, write big, bruised, heart-on-sleeve rock songs and play them loud. Bill Janovitz sings most of them in a ragged, earnest rasp over his own guitar, with Chris Colbourn, who also sings, on bass.
"Sodajerk" opens the record with a surge of jangle and roar, and it found a second life on the soundtrack of the short-lived TV series My So-Called Life and in ads for Nike and Pontiac; "Late at Night" turned up in an episode of the show too.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Big Red Letter Day on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sodajerk | 18 | #72 | – | 1993–2014 | |
| 2 | I'm Allowed | 14 | #1066 | – | 1999–2014 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.