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“Tripping Billies” by Dave Matthews Band

From the album Remember Two Things (1993)

“Tripping Billies” by Dave Matthews Band appears on 34 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1997 and 2023. It was first released in 1993 on the album Remember Two Things. Its best result is #46 on the KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #98 alternative song of 1997 and #729 alternative song of all time.

34countdowns
15stations
#46best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1997–2023years charted

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"Tripping Billies" first turned up on Remember Two Things, the Dave Matthews Band's independent release from November 1993, and it's where Boyd Tinsley's story with the band begins: it was the first song the violinist ever played with them, after he was asked to contribute to the demo, before he eventually joined full-time. Dave Matthews wrote it on his own, and John Alagia produced it with the band, engineered it and mixed it with Bob Dawson.

That original version also landed on the soundtrack of the film White Man's Burden. The song got a second life on Crash, which spun it off as its fifth single, reaching 18 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart in June 1997, and Jimmy Buffett has played it at his own shows many times.

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
1997 61 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101
1997 46 KNRK Portland, OR KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 94
1997 61 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 103
1997 61 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 219 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 1026 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 408 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 100 DC101 DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s 101
2000 408 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 408 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 237 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 408 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 408 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 408 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 105 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 410 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 676 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 986 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 915 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 886 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 914 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 944 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 999 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1056 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 476 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 499 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2020 74 DC101 Top DC101 of the 90's 101
2020 370 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 144 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 453 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 381 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 209 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 291 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 292 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420

Also listed as: Trippin' Billies.

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