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“Insane in the Brain” by Cypress Hill

From the album Black Sunday (1993)

“Insane in the Brain” by Cypress Hill appears on 30 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 1993 and 2026. It was first released in 1993 on the album Black Sunday. Its best result is #8 on the Top DC101 of the 90's. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #59 alternative song of 1993, #764 alternative song of all time and #446 of the '90s.

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17stations
#8best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1993–2026years charted

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"Insane in the Brain" was the first single from Black Sunday, Cypress Hill's second album, out on Ruffhouse and Columbia in the summer of 1993. B-Real, DJ Muggs and Sen Dog wrote it, and Muggs produced, cooking up a queasy, bug-eyed groove that rolls like a lowrider on a bad trip, with B-Real and Sen Dog trading lines over it.

It topped the US rap chart and crossed right over into the pop mainstream, going triple platinum. Josh Taft's video put the crew at a rave, all strobes and psychedelic color. VH1 later ranked it among the greatest hip-hop 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#StationCountdownof
1993 52 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993 107
1993 38 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993 101
1993 81 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 459 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 121 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 275 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
2001 395 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 42 K-Rock K-Rock Top 92 Party Songs of All-Time (2002) 92
2004 16 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 153 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 269 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 83 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 65 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of the '90s (December 2006) 107
2006 98 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 115 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 43 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2008 97 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2009 153 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2020 8 DC101 Top DC101 of the 90's 101
2020 117 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 21 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 588 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 97 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 103 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 98 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 193 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 203 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 84 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2025 116 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500
2026 184 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Insane In The Brain.

Charting alongside it in 1993

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