Song · Afroman
“Because I Got High” by Afroman
Released 2001
“Because I Got High” by Afroman appears on 19 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2001 and 2025. It was first released in 2001. Its best result is #9 on the WBCN Top 41 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #57 alternative song of 2001 and #6,326 alternative song of all time.
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"Because I Got High" first showed up on Afroman's 2000 album of the same name, and a year later it was everywhere, a stoner joke that got loose from the living room. He dashed it off in a few minutes, reportedly after noticing that everybody talked about getting stoned while nobody mentioned what it actually did to them. So the song walks through a string of good intentions, each plan abandoned for the same sheepish reason, a comic slide into ruin over a lazy groove.
Word spread through the internet and The Howard Stern Show. When Time magazine wrote it up in August 2001 and described it as a tribute to pot, Afroman sounded almost bewildered: he said he'd made the tape for his friends, a little private joke among potheads. It came out on Columbia and T-Bones.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 44 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 | 107 |
| 2001 | 47 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
| 2001 | 29 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 99.1 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
| 2001 | 47 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2001 | 107 |
| 2001 | 76 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 | 89 |
| 2001 | 17 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 54 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2001 | 9 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 41 Songs of 2001 | 40 |
| 2001 | 80 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 | 103 |
| 2001 | 100 | WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
| 2001 | 94 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 | 97 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1980 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1999 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2004 | 294 | Q101 | Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2006 | 497 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2008 | 391 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) | 500 |
| 2022 | 895 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2025 | 899 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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