Song · Beck
“Hotwax” by Beck
From the album Odelay (1996)
“Hotwax” by Beck appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2021 and 2023. It was first released in 1996 on the album Odelay. Its best result is #748 on The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s.
"Hotwax" finds Beck running nearly the whole show on Odelay, his fifth album, which DGC released in June 1996. The credits have him on acoustic, electric and slide guitar, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, organ, clavinet, electric piano, keyboards and celesta, plus the lead vocal, with Ross Harris stepping in as a guest voice. He wrote it with John King and Mike Simpson, and produced and mixed it with the Dust Brothers.
Getting to the Dust Brothers took a detour. Beck had begun the follow-up to Mellow Gold in 1994 as a hushed acoustic record with Bong Load's Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf, then dropped those sessions and went with the Dust Brothers instead. He has admitted he feared Odelay might be his last chance to make a record; it turned into the most successful album he'd made.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 799 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 748 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
Also listed as: Hot Wax.
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