Song · Bran Van 3000
“Drinking In L.A.” by Bran Van 3000
Released 1998
“Drinking In L.A.” by Bran Van 3000 appears on 10 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1998 and 2002. It was first released in 1998. Its best result is #9 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #74 alternative song of 1998 and #3,909 alternative song of all time.
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"Drinking in L.A." was the first single from Canada's sprawling electronica collective Bran Van 3000, released in 1997 through Audiogram and Capitol, and it was the final song they cut for their debut album, Glee. James Di Salvio admitted he found it a bit corny but was sure from the start it would be a hit, and he was right.
It's a shaggy, sun-dazed slacker anthem, all loose talk and lazy haze, lifted by a chorus sung by Haitian-born Stéphane Moraille, who later said she was left out of the band's press and promo push once the song took off. Rolling Rock beer ads carried it across Britain, where it hit number three in August 1999, and it made the top 10 in Iceland, Italy, Norway and Sweden, plus 35 at home in Canada. Adam Courneya directed the video.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 71 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 | 102 |
| 1998 | 61 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 | 107 |
| 1998 | 9 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 | 100 |
| 1998 | 10 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1998 | 98 |
| 1998 | 81 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 743 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 77 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of All-Time (1999) | 99 |
| 2000 | 348 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) | 500 |
| 2001 | 348 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) | 498 |
| 2002 | 25 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) | 144 |
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