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Crazytown

Band Los Angeles United States Active 1995–2024

Crazytown formed in 1995 in Los Angeles, United States and was active until 2024. Crazytown has 39 chart appearances on 38 radio countdowns from 26 stations on RockLists, spanning 2000–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Butterfly”, which appears on 35 lists with a best position of #10. The station that charted Crazytown most often is 107.7 The End (Seattle, WA), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2001.

39appearances
38countdowns
4songs charted
26stations
0#1 finishes
2000–2025years

Crazytown came out of Los Angeles in 1995, when Bret "Epic" Mazur and Shifty Shellshock (Seth Binzer) threw hip-hop, turntables and alt-rock guitars into one blender. With Anthony Valli on guitar, Doug Miller on bass, and Rust Epique and DJ AM in the crew, they made rap rock with a sunny, lovestruck streak that set them apart from the angry young men of the day.

That streak paid off big with "Butterfly", a lazy, sweet-talking slow jam that went all the way to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and carried their debut, The Gift of Game, along for the ride. Darkhorse, in 2002, couldn't repeat the trick, and by 2003 the band had fallen apart.

Mazur and Binzer brought it back in 2007 and put out The Brimstone Sluggers in 2015. Mazur left in 2017, and Binzer carried on as Crazy Town X, releasing the Flirting with Disaster EP in March 2024. He died that June, leaving the band's future in the air.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Crazytown on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Butterfly
1,583		 35 #10 – 2001
2 Drowning
37		 2 #80 – 2002
3 Megatron
25		 1 #67 – 2015
4 Revolving Door
1		 1 #107 – 2001

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.

00 01 02 15

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2025 844 Butterfly 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century
2024 867 Butterfly The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century
2024 83 Butterfly The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024)
2022 907 Butterfly 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s
2020 326 Butterfly The DC101 Top 500
2015 67 Megatron 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2015
2009 488 Butterfly Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009)
2006 350 Butterfly KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 304 Butterfly Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2005 594 Butterfly 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2002 92 Drowning WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002
2002 80 Drowning Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002
2002 977 Butterfly KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002)
2001 32 Butterfly KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001
2001 25 Butterfly 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001
2001 23 Butterfly Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001
2001 16 Butterfly Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2001 22 Butterfly WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001
2001 27 Butterfly K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001
2001 23 Butterfly WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001
2001 17 Butterfly The End Top 107 Songs of 2001
2001 107 Revolving Door The End Top 107 Songs of 2001
2001 10 Butterfly 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001
2001 28 Butterfly CFNY Top 30 Songs of 2001
2001 12 Butterfly WBCN Top 41 Songs of 2001
2001 24 Butterfly WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001
2001 66 Butterfly G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001
2001 81 Butterfly Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001
2001 10 Butterfly Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001
2001 252 Butterfly WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)
2000 56 Butterfly KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000
2000 60 Butterfly Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000
2000 47 Butterfly Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000
2000 81 Butterfly K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000
2000 93 Butterfly WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000
2000 54 Butterfly The End Top 107 Songs of 2000
2000 33 Butterfly The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2000
2000 104 Butterfly WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2000
2000 77 Butterfly 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000

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