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Chef
"South Park" character
Chef has 3 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1998. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Simultaneous”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #20. The station that charted Chef most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1998.
Chef, full name Jerome McElroy, was the soul man of South Park, the Comedy Central cartoon, and Isaac Hayes gave him his voice. He worked in the cafeteria at the town's elementary school and was the one grown-up the boys, Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny, trusted all the way. His advice was brutally honest and rarely fit for kids, and it usually arrived as a randy, out-of-nowhere soul song.
The character was a tip of the hat to Hayes himself and to the smooth soul singers of the 1970s, with a dash of a real dining hall worker series co-creator Trey Parker ran into at the University of Colorado. That's why "Simultaneous" and "No Substitute" sound the way they do: slow-burning, candlelit bedroom soul, played with a completely straight face and a completely filthy wink.
Chef faded into the background as the show went on, and after Hayes departed, the series retired him at the start of its tenth season, in the episode "The Return of Chef".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Chef on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simultaneous | 1 | #20 | – | 1998 | |
| 2 | Chocolate Salty Balls | 1 | #35 | – | 1998 | |
| 3 | No Substitute | 1 | #90 | – | 1998 |
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 35 | Chocolate Salty Balls | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 |
| 1998 | 20 | Simultaneous | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 |
| 1998 | 90 | No Substitute | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 |
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