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Natural Selection by Fuel
Natural Selection is an album by Fuel, released in 2003. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 19 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Falls On Me”, on 16 lists with a best position of #22.
Natural Selection, Fuel's third album, landed on Epic on September 23, 2003, with Michael Beinhorn producing and the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania band still leaning hard on the post-grunge muscle that had carried them this far. Carl Bell writes the songs and slings guitar, Brett Scallions sings with a raw, straining edge, Jeff Abercrombie holds down the bass and Kevin Miller pounds away behind them.
"Won't Back Down" got things rolling early as the lead single on the Daredevil soundtrack, and "Falls on Me," the second single, soaked up plenty of MTV airplay that summer before "Million Miles" trailed in behind it. "Quarter" found a second life in video games, turning up in Need for Speed: Underground, NFL Street and NASCAR Thunder 2004. The record did moderate business, and it turned out to be the last Fuel album with Bell and Scallions side by side; Scallions was gone by 2006.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Natural Selection on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falls On Me | 16 | #22 | – | 2003–2004 | |
| 2 | Won't Back Down | 2 | #50 | – | 2003 | |
| 3 | Million Miles | 1 | #54 | – | 2004 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.