Song · Counting Crows
“Hanginaround” by Counting Crows
From the album This Desert Life (1999)
“Hanginaround” by Counting Crows appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1999 and 2021. It was first released in 1999 on the album This Desert Life. Its best result is #14 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #87 alternative song of 1999.
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"Hanginaround" opens This Desert Life, Counting Crows' third album, and it went out to American radio as the lead single in September 1999. It has the loose, easy swagger of a band with nothing to prove, and the whole group shares the writing credit: Adam Duritz, David Bryson, Charlie Gillingham, Matt Malley, Ben Mize and Dan Vickrey.
It became the album's biggest Hot 100 hit, peaking at 28, and topped Billboard's Triple-A chart, their second number one there. In Canada it climbed to three, their fifth top-ten hit in that country, and it made the top 50 in Ireland, New Zealand and the UK. American Songwriter later ranked it ninth among the band's ten best songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 45 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 | 91 |
| 1999 | 43 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 | 101 |
| 1999 | 77 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 77 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 | 89 |
| 1999 | 14 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
| 1999 | 14 | 93XRT Chicago, IL | WXRT Listener Poll: Top 25 Songs of 1999 | 25 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 721 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
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