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“Movies” by Alien Ant Farm

From the album Greatest Hits (1999)

“Movies” by Alien Ant Farm appears on 16 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2001 and 2002. It was first released in 1999 on the album Greatest Hits. Its best result is #17 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #45 alternative song of 2001 and #379 of the '00s.

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14stations

#17best position

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2001–2002years charted

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"Movies" first surfaced on Alien Ant Farm's 1999 album Greatest Hits, but the take most people know is the re-recording the band made for Anthology, which went out as their debut single in January 2001. Credited to Dryden Mitchell, Terry Corso, Tye Zamora and Mike Cosgrove, it's nu metal with its hair combed: chunky, churning riffs under Jay Baumgardner's production, a springy bounce in the verses and a chorus built to be yelled back from the pit.

The first time out it only scraped to 18 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart. Once "Smooth Criminal" blew the band wide open, the single went back out in November 2001 and climbed into the UK top five, and some critics now count it among nu metal's finest moments. Three videos were shot; the earliest drops the band into a house party and plays out what each of them imagines after pairing off with a different girl.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2001	52	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001	107
2001	17	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2001	91
2001	29	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001	106
2001	44	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001	101
2001	45	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001	100
2001	37	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001	93
2001	53	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001	100
2001	97	107.7 The End Seattle, WA	The End Top 107 Songs of 2001	107
2001	34	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001	99
2001	100	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001	103
2001	45	97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL	97X Top 97 Songs of 2001	97
2001	51	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001	100
2002	69	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002	107
2002	45	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2002	89
2002	33	Y100 Philadelphia, PA	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002	100
2002	56	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002	99

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