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Cover of Take Off Your Pants and Jacket by blink-182
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“The Rock Show” by blink-182

From the album Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001)

“The Rock Show” by blink-182 appears on 41 radio countdowns from 27 stations between 2001 and 2026. It was first released in 2001 on the album Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. Its best result is #2 on The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #8 alternative song of 2001, #2,443 alternative song of all time and #125 of the '00s.

41countdowns
27stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
5top 10 finishes
2001–2026years charted

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blink-182 - The Rock Show

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"The Rock Show" was the first single from Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, blink-182's fourth album, in 2001, and it's pop-punk boiled down to the bone: three chords, a sprint of under three minutes, and a tale of falling for a girl you met at a show. Mark Hoppus led the writing with Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker, reaching back to the Ramones, the Descendents and the band's own nights slogging through punk clubs, with a nod to the Warped Tour they'd once headlined.

Under pressure to come up with a summer anthem, they set out to make it as simple and catchy as possible. Jerry Finn produced, Tom Lord-Alge mixed, Roger Joseph Manning Jr. slipped in keyboards, and it climbed to number two on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. The video burned the label's money on stunts and pranks, a gleeful jab at bloated big-budget clips.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2001 28 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 107
2001 6 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001 91
2001 17 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 106
2001 20 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101
2001 31 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 100
2001 50 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 93
2001 27 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001 100
2001 21 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2001 107
2001 11 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 89
2001 74 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101
2001 8 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 30 Songs of 2001 30
2001 16 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 99
2001 19 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 103
2001 44 WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 106
2001 8 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 41 Songs of 2001 40
2001 10 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 97
2001 72 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2001 191
2001 23 99X Atlanta, GA 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 99
2001 54 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001 100
2001 16 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 85 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2005 425 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 243 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 1911 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 381 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1819 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1745 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1785 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1859 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1920 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1992 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 438 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 431 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 446 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 238 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2022 791 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 352 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2023 381 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 383 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2024 2 107.7 The End The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024) 100
2026 455 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Rock Show.

Charting alongside it in 2001

Best songs of 2001 →
  1. 1Hash PipeWeezer
  2. 2SchismTool
  3. 3How You Remind MeNickelback
  4. 4Smooth CriminalAlien Ant Farm
  5. 5It's Been AwhileStaind
  6. 6Fat LipSum 41

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