Song · Faith No More
“A Small Victory” by Faith No More
From the album Angel Dust (1992)
“A Small Victory” by Faith No More appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1992 and 2023. It was first released in 1992 on the album Angel Dust. Its best result is #61 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #123 alternative song of 1992 and #5,677 alternative song of all time.
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"A Small Victory" sits tenth on Angel Dust, Faith No More's fourth studio album, and in 1992 Slash and Reprise sent it out as the record's second single. All five members share the writing credit, Mike Bordin, Roddy Bottum, Billy Gould, Jim Martin and Mike Patton, and the band produced it with Matt Wallace, who mixed it too.
Patton explained it as a song about losing: raised by a coach, he grew up wanting to win every time, then learned the hard way that nobody does. It's alternative metal with a sly grin, Martin's electric guitar slashing through the middle. A remix by Youth of Killing Joke followed the same month, and the single went on to 11 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, the band's final single to chart there.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 88 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 | 107 |
| 1992 | 61 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 | 105 |
| 1992 | 88 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 735 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2003 | 1865 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2023 | 776 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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