Artist · chart history
Bowling for Soup
Band Wichita Falls United States Formed 1994
Bowling for Soup formed in 1994 in Wichita Falls, United States. Bowling for Soup has 23 chart appearances on 18 radio countdowns from 14 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2005. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Girl All the Bad Guys Want”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #5. The station that charted Bowling for Soup most often is Channel 104.9 (San Jose, CA), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
Bowling for Soup started up in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1994, and they play pop-punk the way a class clown tells jokes: fast, loud, and with the timing of a pro. Jaret Reddick sings and plays guitar, Gary Wiseman drums, Rob Felicetti plays bass, and for years Chris Burney was on lead guitar. They serve up big, bright, crunchy power chords, choruses you can shout along to by the second pass, and lyrics that grin at their own expense.
"Almost", from the Who Likes Pizza? EP, was an early calling card, but Drunk Enough to Dance, in 2002, was where they got really good at it: "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" is pure pogo, a sugar rush with a smirk. A Hangover You Don't Deserve, in 2004, brought "1985", as bouncy and sharp-tongued as anything they've done, and "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)". "Punk Rock 101" and "High School Never Ends" belong on the list of their best-known singles too.
They also sang the theme song for the Disney Channel cartoon Phineas and Ferb. When Burney retired in 2025, Reddick was the last original member standing.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Bowling for Soup on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girl All the Bad Guys Want | 10 | #5 | – | 2002 | |
| 2 | 1985 | 4 | #24 | – | 2004 | |
| 3 | Ohio (Come Back to Texas) | 2 | #33 | – | 2005 | |
| 4 | I Ran | 1 | #28 | – | 2003 | |
| 5 | I Ran (So Far Away) | 1 | #64 | – | 2004 | |
| 6 | Almost | 2 | #68 | – | 2005 | |
| 7 | Punk Rock 101 | 1 | #75 | – | 2003 | |
| 8 | The Hard Way | 1 | #221 | – | 2004 | |
| 9 | Lost Cause | 1 | #99 | – | 2002 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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