Song · Alice In Chains
“Rotten Apple” by Alice In Chains
From the EP Jar of Flies (1994)
“Rotten Apple” by Alice In Chains appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1995 and 2024. It was first released in 1994 on the EP Jar of Flies. Its best result is #98 on the WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,352 hard rock song of all time.
"Rotten Apple" belongs to Jar of Flies, the EP Alice in Chains put out on Columbia in January 1994, their second acoustic EP after Sap. Mike Inez wrote the music, Layne Staley wrote the words, and Toby Wright mixed it.
The whole record came together fast: the band wrote and cut it in roughly a week at London Bridge Studio in Seattle and produced it themselves. The EP went on to make history as the first ever to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 920 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 912 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 2002 | 507 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2004 | 98 | WBCN | WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) | 104 |
| 2024 | 440 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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