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“Ants Marching” by Dave Matthews Band

From the album Remember Two Things (1993)

“Ants Marching” by Dave Matthews Band appears on 59 radio countdowns from 27 stations between 1995 and 2026. It was first released in 1993 on the album Remember Two Things. Its best result is #15 on the WBER Listener Countdown 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #53 alternative song of 1995, #400 alternative song of all time and #330 of the '90s.

59countdowns
27stations
#15best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1995–2026years charted

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"Ants Marching" goes back to 1991, when Dave Matthews wrote the words and music, and it first surfaced on the Dave Matthews Band's 1993 album Remember Two Things, in a take that runs 6:08, a little longer than the later version. John Alagia produced that recording with the band, engineered it and mixed it with Bob Dawson.

It's folk rock with a restless, jittery pulse, a tune that circles and circles like the insect army in its title, busy and hurried and never quite getting anywhere.

The band cut it again for their debut studio album, Under the Table and Dreaming, and that version went out as its second single in September 1995, reaching 18 on Billboard's Alternative chart and on the Mainstream Rock chart too, and it was counted a genuine hit.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 78 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 101
1995 25 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 100
1995 15 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1995 50
1995 26 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 104
1995 42 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 95
1995 65 WDRE Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 50 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1999 136 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 269 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 90 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 253 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 306 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 138 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 370 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 59 DC101 DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s 101
2000 411 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 370 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2000 46 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 103
2001 414 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 370 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 42 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 374 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 370 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 341 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 370 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 370 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 83 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 324 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2005 371 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 472 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 841 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2007 87 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2008 812 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 830 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 97 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2009 463 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 854 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2010 276 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 884 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 584 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 936 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 987 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2016 205 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2018 609 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2020 56 DC101 Top DC101 of the 90's 101
2020 656 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2020 109 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 185 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 113 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 177 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 156 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 185 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 67 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 185 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2024 471 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2025 310 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500
2025 445 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 655 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 294 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

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