Artist · chart history
Denis Leary
Solo artist Worcester United States
Denis Leary is an artist from Worcester. Denis Leary has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1993. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Asshole”, which appears on 2 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Denis Leary most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1993.
Denis Leary came out of Worcester and onto MTV with a stand-up act that ran on pure, rapid-fire bile, and in 1993 he turned the routine into a record. "Asshole", a comedy song with an unprintable title, plays it completely deadpan over a breezy singalong tune, and the gap between the sweet melody and the sour attitude is the whole joke. Rock radio listeners were plainly in on it.
That same year brought his stand-up special No Cure for Cancer and big-screen roles in Judgment Night and Demolition Man. Music stayed a sideline after that: acting took over, from The Ref and Wag the Dog to Rescue Me, which he co-created and starred in, and the voice of Diego in the Ice Age films.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Denis Leary on radio countdowns
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 59 | Asshole | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993 |
| 1993 | 1 | Asshole | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 |
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