Song · Babes In Toyland
“Sweet 69” by Babes In Toyland
From the album Nemesisters (1995)
“Sweet 69” by Babes In Toyland appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1995 and 2023. It was first released in 1995 on the album Nemesisters. Its best result is #93 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #305 alternative song of 1995 and #6,080 alternative song of all time.
"Sweet 69" came off Nemesisters, the 1995 Babes in Toyland album on Reprise, and it's the one that finally got the band onto American radio in a serious way, climbing to 37 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart. Credited to the whole band, it's punk rock with a sweet tooth, and the secret weapon sits behind the kit: Lori Barbero leans hard on cowbells, played for the tune rather than just the beat.
It even scraped onto the UK singles chart at 173. The single came backed with live takes of "S.F.W." and "Swamp Pussy", caught at Denmark's Roskilde Festival in 1994, and it got a video to go with it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 93 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 882 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2002 | 1663 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2023 | 519 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
Also listed as: Sweet '69.
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