Song · Beastie Boys
“Remote Control” by Beastie Boys
From the album Hello Nasty (1998)
“Remote Control” by Beastie Boys appears on 18 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1998 and 2005. It was first released in 1998 on the album Hello Nasty. Its best result is #19 on the K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #96 alternative song of 1999 and #4,928 alternative song of all time.
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"Remote Control" is Hello Nasty, the Beastie Boys' 1998 album, at its most rambunctious: a fuzzed-out rap-rock stomp built on a riff that sounds like it was recorded in a garage with the door open. The trio wrote it and produced it with Mario Caldato Jr., who engineered, and Eric Correa added percussion.
Grand Royal and Capitol paired it with "Three MCs and One DJ" as a double A-side, the fourth single from the album, and that release reached number 21 in the UK. Years later it found a second life in an ESPN commercial for Winter X Games XV starring two talking deer.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 65 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998 | 91 |
| 1998 | 94 | DC101 Washington, D.C. | DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 | 101 |
| 1999 | 70 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 80 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 74 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 19 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 | 92 |
| 1999 | 62 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 290 | KROQ | KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) | 300 |
| 1999 | 285 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 972 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 875 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 1911 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1916 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1916 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1901 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1861 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1863 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1850 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
Also listed as: Remonte Control.
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