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“Man Overboard” by blink-182

Released 1998

“Man Overboard” by blink-182 appears on 23 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2000 and 2001. It was first released in 1998. Its best result is #14 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #29 alternative song of 2000 and #258 of the '00s.

23countdowns
17stations
#14best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
2000–2001years charted

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"Man Overboard" came out in 2000 as the lead single from blink-182's live album The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!), and it was the only studio track on the disc, tacked on to help sell it. The song dated back to the Enema of the State sessions, where Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge couldn't finish the words in time, until MCA nudged them to have another go.

It rides on a hooky bass line, bright guitars and no-nonsense drumming, but the subject is a sore one: a friend who gets too drunk to count on. Fans have long heard it as being about Scott Raynor, the co-founding drummer who was let go from the band partway through a 1998 tour, though the band never said so outright. Jerry Finn produced, Marcos Siega's video spoofed the band's own earlier clips, and it went to number two on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks.

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

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2000 31 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 107
2000 14 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2000 91
2000 57 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 105
2000 24 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000 101
2000 34 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 100
2000 64 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 93
2000 74 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000 100
2000 52 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 107
2000 45 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2000 89
2000 40 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2000 99
2000 44 103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000 103
2000 52 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 102
2000 45 The Edge Phoenix, AZ KEDJ Millennium Meltdown Countdown 2001 50
2000 98 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K 102
2000 51 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2000 100
2000 54 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000 100
2000 51 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 100
2001 42 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 107
2001 66 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101
2001 67 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 100
2001 40 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 93
2001 88 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001 100
2001 63 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 100

Charting alongside it in 2000

Best songs of 2000 →
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  2. 2Last ResortPapa Roach
  3. 3CalifornicationRed Hot Chili Peppers
  4. 4Pardon MeIncubus
  5. 5OthersideRed Hot Chili Peppers
  6. 6Kryptonite3 Doors Down

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