Song · Arrested Development
“Mr. Wendal” by Arrested Development
From the album 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of… (1992)
“Mr. Wendal” by Arrested Development appears on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1993 and 2024. It was first released in 1992 on the album 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of…. Its best result is #49 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #81 alternative song of 1993 and #4,062 alternative song of all time.
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"Mr. Wendal" comes off Arrested Development's 1992 debut, 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of…, and it's the American rap group at its most easygoing and open-hearted. Speech ran the show: he wrote the words, produced the track and mixed it, while the whole group took the composing credit and Alvin Speights engineered.
It climbed to number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and went gold at home on 500,000 copies, then cracked the top 10 in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand; in Europe and Australia it went out that December as a double A-side with "Revolution". Keith Ward directed the video, which earned a nomination at the 1994 Soul Train Music Awards.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 94 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993 | 107 |
| 1993 | 49 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993 | 101 |
| 1993 | 73 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 290 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) | 500 |
| 1996 | 302 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) | 498 |
| 1999 | 391 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) | 500 |
| 2021 | 91 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 361 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2024 | 833 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
Also listed as: Mr Wendal; Mr. Wendel; Mr. Wendall.
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