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“The Negotiation Limerick File” by Beastie Boys
From the album Hello Nasty (1998)
“The Negotiation Limerick File” by Beastie Boys appears on 10 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1998 and 2007. It was first released in 1998 on the album Hello Nasty. Its best result is #5 on the WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #73 alternative song of 1999, #5,381 alternative song of all time and #404 of the '90s.
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"The Negotiation Limerick File" is the Beastie Boys at their most playful, a Hello Nasty cut from 1998 where every single verse is built as a five-line limerick, the old comic-verse form bent into a rap routine. The band produced it with Mario Caldato Jr., who engineered it and shares the writing credit with Mike D, Adam Horovitz and Adam Yauch, and the beat bounces along like a cartoon chase.
It followed "Body Movin'" as a single on Capitol, and the CD single stretched it out by 30 seconds, padding the instrumental breaks and drenching them in flanging.
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 | 90 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 | 107 |
| 1999 | 38 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 12 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 52 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 5 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 239 | KROQ | KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) | 300 |
| 1999 | 389 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 473 | WFNX | WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 619 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2007 | 272 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
Also listed as: Negotiation Limerick File.
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