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“Jack-Ass” by Beck

From the album Odelay (1996)

“Jack-Ass” by Beck appears on 28 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1997 and 2022. It was first released in 1996 on the album Odelay. Its best result is #11 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #41 alternative song of 1997, #2,700 alternative song of all time and #236 of the '90s.

28countdowns
15stations
#11best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1997–2022years charted

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"Jack-Ass" drifts out of Beck's 1996 album Odelay on a borrowed tune: it's built on a sample of Them's version of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", from their 1966 album Them Again, which is why Bob Dylan's name sits in the writing credits next to Beck and the Dust Brothers' John King and Mike Simpson. Beck produced and mixed it with the Dust Brothers and is credited with a whole junk shop of instruments, slide guitar, harmonica, organ, clavinet and celesta among them, turning the loop into a sleepy, lopsided shuffle.

The single's B-side, "Strange Invitation", redid the song with acoustic guitar and strings, an early sketch of the hushed sound he would chase on Sea Change in 2002.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 28 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 107
1997 27 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 91
1997 11 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 36 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101
1997 24 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 100
1997 58 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 107
1997 58 KNRK Portland, OR KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 94
1997 66 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 103
1997 65 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 245 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 189 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 456 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 1053 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
2002 125 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2002 1783 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2005 687 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 390 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 210 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 1496 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 407 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1505 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1533 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1563 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1630 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1701 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1775 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 750 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 153 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900

Also listed as: Jack Ass; Jackass.

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