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“Alive” by Beastie Boys

Released 1999

“Alive” by Beastie Boys appears on 20 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 1999 and 2002. It was first released in 1999. Its best result is #24 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #34 alternative song of 1999, #5,795 alternative song of all time and #288 of the '90s.

20countdowns
14stations
#24best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1999–2002years charted

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Beastie Boys - Alive (At Yauch's House Remix)

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A compilation can read like an obituary, so there's some wit in Beastie Boys fronting theirs with a single called "Alive". The American hip-hop group put it out on Capitol in 1999 as the first single from Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science, and they kept the whole job in-house: Ad-Rock, Mike D and Adam Yauch share the writing credit, the band produced it themselves, and Susanne Dyer engineered.

In their run of singles it slots in after "Remote Control" / "Three MC's and One DJ" and ahead of "Ch-Check It Out".

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 62 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 107
1999 27 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 91
1999 49 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 106
1999 70 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 101
1999 24 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 100
1999 77 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 92
1999 51 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 99
1999 34 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 107
1999 69 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 89
1999 40 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1999 101
1999 36 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 103
1999 101 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 104
2000 64 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 105
2000 62 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 100
2000 99 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 107
2000 38 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K 102
2000 48 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2000 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 477 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 673 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
2002 57 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144

Charting alongside it in 1999

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  2. 2Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
  3. 3NookieLimp Bizkit
  4. 4Freak on a LeashKorn
  5. 5Praise YouFatboy Slim
  6. 6My Own Worst EnemyLit

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