Song · Drowning Pool
“Bodies” by Drowning Pool
From the EP Pieces of Nothing (2000)
“Bodies” by Drowning Pool appears on 25 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 2001 and 2025. It was first released in 2000 on the EP Pieces of Nothing. Its best result is #6 on the WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #50 alternative song of 2001 and #3,129 alternative song of all time.
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"Bodies" first turned up on Pieces of Nothing, the 2000 EP from Drowning Pool, in a rawer early version with far more screaming and no words in the bridge. Reworked for their debut album Sinner, it became their first single in May 2001 and their signature song: a stomping, bellowing call to the pit that is really about moshing, though the words were left vague enough for anybody to read their own meaning into it.
It kept gathering steam through that year, serving as the theme for WWF SummerSlam, until radio stations briefly pulled it after the September 11 attacks because of its lyrics. Wrestling kept coming back to it, with ECW using it as its theme from 2006 to 2007, and in 2017 Spin's Annie Zaleski ranked it the 12th-best nu metal track ever.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 51 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 | 107 |
| 2001 | 61 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
| 2001 | 77 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 42 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
| 2001 | 35 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 | 93 |
| 2001 | 9 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
| 2001 | 48 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2001 | 107 |
| 2001 | 66 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 | 89 |
| 2001 | 10 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
| 2001 | 30 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 41 Songs of 2001 | 40 |
| 2001 | 41 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 | 97 |
| 2001 | 93 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 | 103 |
| 2001 | 65 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 10 | K-Rock | K-Rock Top 92 Party Songs of All-Time (2002) | 92 |
| 2002 | 817 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2004 | 228 | Q101 | Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2010 | 15 | WJRR | WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade | 101 |
| 2013 | 9 | KBPI | KBPI Top 200 Songs of All Time | 200 |
| 2014 | 250 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 279 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2019 | 208 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2023 | 251 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2023 | 79 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 | 100 |
| 2024 | 400 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) | 400 |
| 2025 | 6 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 | 100 |
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