Artist · chart history
Dope
Band Villa Park United States Formed 1997 US heavy metal group
Dope formed in 1997 in Villa Park, United States. Dope has 9 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 1999–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Bitch”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #11. The station that charted Dope most often is 94.1 WJJO (Madison, WI), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
Dope are a nu metal and industrial metal band formed in New York City in 1997 around singer, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Edsel Dope, and they were built for maximum sneer. Life, their 2001 album, mixed grinding guitars with sampler noise, and that same year's Metal EP carried "Die MF Die", a title that tells you exactly how subtle they meant to be.
The lineup never sat still. Simon Dope handled keyboards through 2002, Tripp Eisen and Acey Slade came through early on, and guitarist Virus held down the other side of the stage from 2000 to 2013 while a procession of drummers passed behind them, Racci Shay, Daniel Fox, Ben Graves and Angel Bartolotta among them. Group Therapy followed in 2003 with "I Am", and American Apathy in 2005 with "Always".
Edsel kept the machine running through all of it. Seven full-length studio albums on, with Blood Money Part Zer0 out in February 2023, the band claims over one million albums sold worldwide, and the current lineup has Virus, Acey Slade and Daniel Fox back alongside him.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Dope on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bitch | 2 | #11 | – | – | |
| 2 | Die MF Die | 1 | #23 | – | 2002 | |
| 3 | I Am | 1 | #55 | – | 2004 | |
| 4 | Now or Never | 1 | #75 | – | 2001 | |
| 5 | You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) | 1 | #79 | – | – | |
| 6 | Always | 1 | #340 | – | 2005 | |
| 7 | Debonaire | 1 | #96 | – | 1999 | |
| 8 | Slippin Away | 1 | #106 | – | 2002 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | Bitch | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 |
| 2025 | 79 | You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 |
| 2023 | 11 | Bitch | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 |
| 2005 | 340 | Always | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
| 2004 | 55 | I Am | WIRS Top 107 Songs of 2004 |
| 2002 | 106 | Slippin Away | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 23 | Die MF Die | KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 |
| 2001 | 75 | Now or Never | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001 |
| 1999 | 96 | Debonaire | WBER Listener Countdown 1999 |
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