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Butthole Surfers

Band San Antonio United States Formed 1981 Noise rock band from San Antonio

Butthole Surfers formed in 1981 in San Antonio, United States. Butthole Surfers has 77 chart appearances on 64 radio countdowns from 18 stations on RockLists, spanning 1987–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Pepper”, which appears on 52 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Butthole Surfers most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 26 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1996.

77appearances
64countdowns
11songs charted
18stations
1#1 finishes
1987–2024years

Songs by Butthole Surfers on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Pepper#257 of all time
3,658		 52 #1 1 1996
2 The Shame of Life
181		 5 #13 – 2001
3 The Hurdy Gurdy Man
133		 7 #1525 – –
4 Hurdy Gurdy Man
84		 2 #968 – –
5 TV Star
80		 1 #395 – –
6 Who Was in My Room
70		 1 #33 – 1993
7 Dracula From Houston
51		 1 #50 – 2001
8 Sweet Loaf
47		 1 #391 – –
9 Shame of Life
38		 3 #65 – 2001
10 Who Was in My Room Last Night?
31		 3 #70 – 1993
11 22 Going On 23
14		 1 #44 – 1987

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.

87 93 96 01 05

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2024 391 Sweet Loaf The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2023 355 Pepper The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2019 509 Pepper KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2014 55 Pepper CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014 1805 The Hurdy Gurdy Man CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 57 Pepper CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013 1734 The Hurdy Gurdy Man CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 53 Pepper CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011 1658 The Hurdy Gurdy Man CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 55 Pepper CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010 1590 The Hurdy Gurdy Man CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 79 Pepper Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009)
2009 57 Pepper CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009 1559 The Hurdy Gurdy Man CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 262 Pepper KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008)
2008 57 Pepper CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008 1532 The Hurdy Gurdy Man CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 63 Pepper CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 1525 The Hurdy Gurdy Man CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 150 Pepper KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2006 88 Pepper KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 209 Pepper Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 379 Pepper WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2006 53 Pepper The End Top 107 Songs of the '90s (December 2006)
2005 54 Pepper CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005
2005 379 Pepper WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005 151 Pepper CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 86 Pepper Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of the '90s (August 2005)
2004 83 Pepper Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2004 265 Pepper The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)
2004 171 Pepper CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 258 Pepper Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2003 220 Pepper WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003 171 Pepper CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 1385 Hurdy Gurdy Man Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002 175 Pepper WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002 171 Pepper CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1992 Shame of Life CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 54 Pepper The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial)
2002 288 Pepper Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 395 TV Star Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 968 Hurdy Gurdy Man Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 1892 Who Was in My Room Last Night? Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 68 The Shame of Life 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001
2001 67 The Shame of Life Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2001 65 Shame of Life WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001
2001 82 The Shame of Life The End Top 107 Songs of 2001
2001 13 The Shame of Life CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2001 50 Dracula From Houston CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2001 93 The Shame of Life Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001
2001 198 Pepper WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001 171 Pepper CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1975 Shame of Life CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 109 Pepper WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)
2000 197 Pepper WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000 193 Pepper CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 379 Pepper 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)
1999 189 Pepper Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 201 Pepper WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999)
1999 235 Pepper The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 238 Pepper WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999 203 Pepper CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 97 Pepper The Buzz Top 99 Songs of All-Time (1999)
1999 123 Pepper KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999)
1999 286 Pepper WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1996 12 Pepper KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996
1996 11 Pepper 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996
1996 7 Pepper Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1996
1996 7 Pepper Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996
1996 4 Pepper WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996
1996 1 Pepper The End Top 107 Songs of 1996
1996 4 Pepper Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996
1996 2 Pepper Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996
1994 495 Who Was in My Room Last Night? Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1993 70 Who Was in My Room Last Night? 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993
1993 33 Who Was in My Room Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993
1987 44 22 Going On 23 John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1987