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“No Sleep Til Brooklyn” by Beastie Boys

Released 1991

“No Sleep Til Brooklyn” by Beastie Boys appears on 55 radio countdowns from 27 stations between 1996 and 2026. It was first released in 1991. Its best result is #6 on The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #645 alternative song of all time.

55countdowns
27stations
#6best position
0#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
1996–2026years charted

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"No Sleep till Brooklyn" was the sixth single off the Beastie Boys' debut album Licensed to Ill, and it's hip-hop in a leather jacket, cranked to metal volume. The title is a wink at Motörhead's No Sleep 'til Hammersmith, and the track piles on the heavy metal references while Ad-Rock, Mike D and Adam Yauch bellow their way through the grind of a road tour, every missed night's sleep and every indignity, swearing they won't stop until they make it home to Brooklyn.

Ad-Rock and Rick Rubin built the music, all crunching riffs over a pounding beat, and Rubin produced it for Def Jam. It became one of the group's signature songs and a concert favorite, the number they traditionally saved for last.

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

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 299 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1998 97 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 305 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 111 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 64 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 859 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 88 The Edge KEDJ Countdown 2000 (106 songs) 106
2000 77 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 103
2001 338 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 7 K-Rock K-Rock Top 92 Party Songs of All-Time (2002) 92
2002 696 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 250 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 83 91X 91X Top 91 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 91
2003 318 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 565 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 277 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 192 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 163 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 244 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 207 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 1631 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 270 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1599 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 145 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 1607 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1651 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2010 248 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 1715 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 66 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time 102
2013 1728 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1751 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 437 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 456 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 266 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2019 370 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2019 290 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 260 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2020 316 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 162 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2021 455 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2021 244 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 239 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2022 327 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 165 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2022 111 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2023 167 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 213 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 6 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places 800
2024 541 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 45 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2025 277 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 36 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2026 264 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '80s 498
2026 224 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 193 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: No Sleep 'til Brooklyn; No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn; No Sleep Till Brooklyn; No Sleep Til' Brooklyn.

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