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“Ch-Check It Out” by Beastie Boys

From the album To the 5 Boroughs (2004)

“Ch-Check It Out” by Beastie Boys appears on 35 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 2004 and 2022. It was first released in 2004 on the album To the 5 Boroughs. Its best result is #6 on the CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #13 alternative song of 2004, #1,514 alternative song of all time and #127 of the '00s.

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"Ch-Check It Out" kicked off To the 5 Boroughs, the Beastie Boys' sixth album, in 2004, and it's the trio sounding gleefully like themselves, rhyming over a beat built on a heavy sample of Peggy Lee's take on "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay". Ad-Rock, Mike D and Adam Yauch wrote it, the group produced it and engineered it with Jon Weiner, Mix Master Mike cuts it up on the turntables, and DURO handled the mix.

It's lean and bouncy, all old-school swagger and clattering scratches, the kind of track that makes a case for keeping things simple. Before it ever hit the shops as a single, it turned up on The O.C., in the first-season episode "The Strip".

It went to number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and in Canada, reached 8 in the UK and landed at 28 in Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004, and it earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. MCA directed the video himself, hiding behind his alter ego Nathaniel Hörnblowér.

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

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 21 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004 107
2004 41 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004 91
2004 15 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004 106
2004 19 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 16 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 100
2004 28 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004 93
2004 19 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2004 16 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 77 Songs of 2004 77
2004 60 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004 89
2004 19 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 20 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004 99
2004 6 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 102
2004 10 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004 99
2004 60 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004 105
2004 35 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2004 227
2004 64 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004 88
2004 41 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 103
2004 9 99X Atlanta, GA 99X Essential 99 of 2004 99
2004 28 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004 100
2004 41 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 278 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 1982 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 231 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 1977 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 861 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 300 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 369 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 374 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 144 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 200
2010 369 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 365 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 359 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 72 BBC Radio 6 Music BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years 100
2014 349 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 410 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907

Also listed as: Ch-Check it Out; Ch-check It Out; Ch-Ch-Check It Out; Check It Out.

Charting alongside it in 2004

Best songs of 2004 →
  1. 1Somebody Told MeThe Killers
  2. 2American IdiotGreen Day
  3. 3Float OnModest Mouse
  4. 4Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand
  5. 5VertigoU2
  6. 6MegalomaniacIncubus

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