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“Chocolate Cake” by Crowded House

From the album Woodface (1991)

“Chocolate Cake” by Crowded House appears on 22 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1991 and 2022. It was first released in 1991 on the album Woodface. Its best result is #20 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #57 alternative song of 1991 and #655 alternative song of all time.

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#20best position
0#1 finishes
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1991–2022years charted

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Crowded House - Chocolate Cake

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"Chocolate Cake" is the cheeky single from Woodface, Crowded House's third studio album, from 1991, and Neil Finn and Tim Finn share the writing credit for words and music alike.

Neil Finn produced it with Mitchell Froom and Bob Clearmountain mixed it, and the pair clearly had fun. It's a jaunty, knowingly overstuffed pop rock tune, all bright guitars and a strutting beat, with Chris Wilson blowing harmonica through it and a tart edge that keeps all that sugar from going soft.

New Zealand pushed it up to seven and Canada to nine, while on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks it stalled just one spot short of the summit, at two, and the video, directed by John Hillcoat, took Best Video at the ARIA Music Awards of 1992.

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#StationCountdownof
1991 20 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991 91
1991 54 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 91 Songs of 1991 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 159 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 184 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 213 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 245 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 245 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 245 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 245 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 184 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 245 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 435 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 245 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 245 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 881 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 840 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 855 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 881 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 914 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 954 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1015 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 807 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900

Charting alongside it in 1991

Best songs of 1991 →
  1. 1Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana
  2. 2Losing My ReligionR.E.M.
  3. 3UnbelievableEMF
  4. 4Kiss Them for MeSiouxsie and the Banshees
  5. 5RushBig Audio Dynamite
  6. 6Give It AwayRed Hot Chili Peppers

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