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“Smoking in the Boys' Room” by Brownsville Station
“Smoking in the Boys' Room” by Brownsville Station appears on 12 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1994 and 2024. Its best result is #287 on the KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997).
Brownsville Station released "Smokin' in the Boys Room" on Big Tree in October 1973, the second single from their third album, Yeah!, and it boils high-school rebellion down to one simple act: a pack of students sneaking cigarettes in the boys' restroom and trying not to get nailed for breaking the school's smoking ban.
The delivery is half the joke. It opens with some spoken patter, and most of the verses, along with a chunk of the chorus, are talked instead of sung, so the whole thing plays like the class clown spinning a yarn. Riding a boogie-rock strut, it climbed to number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and in Canada, and went gold.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 929 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 915 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 974 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1997 | 287 | 104.5 KZEP | KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) | 500 |
| 1998 | 941 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 838 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 831 | 92.3 KGON | KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) | 923 |
| 2015 | 388 | I-95 | I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) | 500 |
| 2021 | 436 | WCSX | WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) | 499 |
| 2021 | 461 | 97 Rock | 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) | 500 |
| 2022 | 775 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2024 | 457 | 102.5 WDVE | DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) | 500 |
Also listed as: Smokin' In the Boy's Room; Smokin' in the Boys Room; Smokin' in the Boy's Room; Smokin in the Boys Room; Smokin' In The Boys Room; Smokin' in the Boys' Room.
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