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“Touch, Peel, and Stand” by Days of the New

From the album Days of the New (1997)

“Touch, Peel, and Stand” by Days of the New appears on 45 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 1997 and 2026. It was first released in 1997 on the album Days of the New. Its best result is #1 on the WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997, and it was voted number one on two countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #58 alternative song of 1997, #1,118 alternative song of all time and #144 of the '90s.

45countdowns
24stations
#1best position
2#1 finishes
3top 10 finishes
1997–2026years charted

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"Touch, Peel and Stand" was the lead single from the 1997 debut by Days of the New, and it's Travis Meeks's baby: he wrote it, treats the band as his own project and helped produce it alongside Scott Litt and co-producer Bill Klatt. Still, Meeks hands the glory to Matt Taul, praising his cymbal-heavy drumming and saying the drummer owns the track. It's grunge with a raw, acoustic heart.

It hit number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks and stayed there 16 weeks, a record back then, and reached number six on Modern Rock Tracks, the band's first top-10 there. In 2021 Billboard crowned it the greatest Mainstream Rock song of all time, and radio still hasn't let go. The single's cover reused a liner-notes photo of a battered George "The Animal" Steele wrestling figure with its head and left arm torn off.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 80 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 107
1997 73 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 49 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101
1997 45 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 100
1997 100 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 107
1997 20 97.1 The Eagle Dallas-Fort Worth, TX KEGL The Eagle's Top 97 Songs of 1997 97
1997 8 KISW Seattle-Tacoma, WA KISW Top 25 Songs from 1997 25
1997 47 KNRK Portland, OR KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 94
1997 22 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 106
1997 68 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 104
1997 48 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97
1997 1 WRCX Rock 103.5 Chicago, IL WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997 103
1998 55 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 107
1998 42 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 106
1998 17 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 21 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 107
1998 1 DC101 Washington, D.C. DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 22 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 102

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1998 383 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 454 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 457 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 646 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 944 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
1999 407 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2000 33 DC101 DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s 101
2001 100 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 171 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2005 243 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2010 303 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2014 152 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 151 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 141 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 204 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 336 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 458 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 163 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 868 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 406 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2022 165 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 399 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2023 152 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 157 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2025 397 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500
2025 240 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2026 409 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Touch, Peel & Stand; Touch, Peel and Stand; Touch Peel & Stand; Touch, Peel And Stand; Touch Peel and Stand; Touch, Peel, And Stand.

Charting alongside it in 1997

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  6. 6Semi-Charmed LifeThird Eye Blind

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