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“Catch My Disease” by Ben Lee
From the album Awake Is the New Sleep (2005)
“Catch My Disease” by Ben Lee appears on 16 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2005 and 2022. It was first released in 2005 on the album Awake Is the New Sleep. Its best result is #2 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #87 alternative song of 2005 and #2,487 alternative song of all time.
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"Catch My Disease" is Australian singer Ben Lee at his sunniest, a 2005 single from his fifth album, Awake Is the New Sleep. It's indie pop with its heart pinned right to its sleeve: a bright, bouncing sing-along that dares you to resist the chorus and knows full well you won't.
Back home, Triple J's listeners voted it second in the Hottest 100 of 2005, it climbed to 27 on the Australian chart, and it went on to win at the APRA Awards in 2006. American ears caught up when it played over the opening scene of an episode of Grey's Anatomy and landed on the show's soundtrack.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 105 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2005 | 107 |
| 2005 | 69 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 30 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 50 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005 | 103 |
| 2005 | 8 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 | 230 |
| 2005 | 2 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 | 100 |
| 2005 | 399 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 820 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1038 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1046 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1084 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1121 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1176 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2013 | 560 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2014 | 1221 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2022 | 693 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
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