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“Transistor” by 311

From the album Transistor (1997)

“Transistor” by 311 appears on 20 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1997 and 2013. It was first released in 1997 on the album Transistor. Its best result is #38 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #93 alternative song of 1997 and #2,854 alternative song of all time.

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#38best position
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311 - Transistor (Official Video)

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The title track of 311's 1997 album Transistor is a head-nodding, spacey groove built from the whole band's parts: Chad Sexton wrote the music and plays drums and percussion, P-Nut rolls out the bass, Nick Hexum and Tim Mahoney handle the guitars, and S.A. Martinez scratches on the turntables. Hexum and Martinez wrote the words and trade the vocals back and forth.

The band produced it for Capricorn Records with Scott Ralston, who also recorded and mixed it. The video keeps the band crammed into a small room while a giant computer-generated orb spins from place to place, a city sidewalk, a forest, a suburban street, the Griffith Observatory, with the band still playing on its surface.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 38 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 91
1997 76 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 48 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 104
1997 90 KNRK Portland, OR KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 94
1997 81 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 103
1997 80 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 368 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1741 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1741 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1741 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1731 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1497 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1497 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1496 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1729 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1741 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1771 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1814 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1889 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1963 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012

Charting alongside it in 1997

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  2. 2Walkin' On The SunSmash Mouth
  3. 3TubthumpingChumbawamba
  4. 4FlySugar Ray
  5. 5The Impression That I GetThe Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  6. 6Semi-Charmed LifeThird Eye Blind

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