Song · Bloodhound Gang
“The Bad Touch” by Bloodhound Gang
From the album Hooray for Boobies (1999)
“The Bad Touch” by Bloodhound Gang appears on 27 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 1999 and 2024. It was first released in 1999 on the album Hooray for Boobies. Its best result is #6 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #46 alternative song of 2000, #2,528 alternative song of all time and #442 of the '00s.
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"The Bad Touch" is the Bloodhound Gang's grand act of smut, a 1999 single from Hooray for Boobies that turned a juvenile joke into an unlikely dance-floor filler. Jimmy Pop wrote it, produced it, sang and talked his way through it and played the Moog, with Lüpüs Thünder on guitar, Spanky G on drums and DJ Q-Ball on backing vocals.
It's rap rock with a Eurodance heart, a pumping beat and a chorus delivered with a smirk you can hear. Europe went for it in a big way: number one in Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and Flanders, plus top-ten hits in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and a Meteor Music Award in Ireland. KMFDM, God Lives Underwater and Eiffel 65 all took a turn at remixing it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 6 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 | 100 |
| 2000 | 44 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 46 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 | 105 |
| 2000 | 35 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000 | 101 |
| 2000 | 27 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 61 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 | 93 |
| 2000 | 24 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 27 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 34 | 103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY | 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000 | 103 |
| 2000 | 36 | The Edge Phoenix, AZ | KEDJ Millennium Meltdown Countdown 2001 | 50 |
| 2000 | 77 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K | 102 |
| 2000 | 50 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 403 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
| 2004 | 282 | 107.7 The End | The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) | 500 |
| 2004 | 262 | Y100 | Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2005 | 23 | 96.5 The Buzz | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium | 96 |
| 2006 | 92 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006) | 107 |
| 2006 | 91 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2006 | 205 | Live 105 | Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2007 | 169 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
| 2009 | 468 | Live 105 | Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) | 500 |
| 2015 | 492 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2019 | 435 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 99 | DC101 | Top DC101 of the 90's | 101 |
| 2020 | 190 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
| 2023 | 421 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2024 | 87 | 107.7 The End | The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024) | 100 |
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