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“Triple Trouble” by Beastie Boys

From the album To the 5 Boroughs (2004)

“Triple Trouble” by Beastie Boys appears on 18 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2004 and 2005. It was first released in 2004 on the album To the 5 Boroughs. Its best result is #22 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #49 alternative song of 2004 and #385 of the '00s.

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Beastie Boys - Triple Trouble

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"Triple Trouble" was the second single from To the 5 Boroughs, the Beastie Boys' sixth studio album, in 2004, and it heads straight back to the old school: the track leans hard on a sample of the Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" and works in lines from Double Trouble's "Double Trouble at the Amphitheatre". Ad-Rock, Mike D and Adam Yauch share the writing credit with Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards.

The group produced it themselves and engineered it with Jon Weiner, and DURO mixed. MCA directed the video under his alias Nathaniel Hörnblowér, shooting in Toronto and Lower Manhattan, with Kanye West and John Legend dropping in at the end. HBO also picked it up to plug season three of Bored to Death.

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

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2004	64	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004	107
2004	63	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2004	91
2004	22	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004	106
2004	76	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004	101
2004	39	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004	100
2004	51	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004	93
2004	54	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004	100
2004	51	107.7 The End Seattle, WA	The End Top 77 Songs of 2004	77
2004	75	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2004	89
2004	59	Y100 Philadelphia, PA	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004	99
2004	55	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004	102
2004	42	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004	99
2004	75	Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004	105
2004	28	99X Atlanta, GA	99X Essential 99 of 2004	99
2004	88 (tie)	WBER Rochester, NY	WBER Listener Countdown 2004	227
2004	40	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004	103
2004	76	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004	100
2005	343	ModernRock.com Online	ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005	400

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