Song · Ani DiFranco
“32 Flavors” by Ani DiFranco
From the album Not a Pretty Girl (1995)
“32 Flavors” by Ani DiFranco appears on 12 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2001 and 2024. It was first released in 1995 on the album Not a Pretty Girl. Its best result is #57 on The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #623 indie & aaa song of all time and #197 of the '90s.
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"32 Flavors" is from Not a Pretty Girl, Ani DiFranco's sixth studio album, released in 1995, and it's about as close to a one-woman show as a record gets. DiFranco wrote it, produced it and sings it, and she plays everything on the credits: acoustic guitar, bass, percussion and even mbira, with Ed Stone engineering.
The title winks at the old Baskin-Robbins "31 flavors" slogan and adds one more, which tells you plenty about her sense of humor and her refusal to be boxed in. The song traveled: Alana Davis covered it for her debut single in 1997, it was used in an NFL ad campaign in 1999 built around players who had worn number 32, and a variation of it turned up on the soundtrack of the Canadian romantic comedy Better Than Chocolate.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1617 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2007 | 435 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2009 | 93 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2014 | 522 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2018 | 656 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2019 | 731 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 731 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2021 | 368 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 376 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2023 | 57 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 321 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 362 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
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