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“Hey Man Nice Shot” by Filter

From the album Short Bus (1995)

“Hey Man Nice Shot” by Filter appears on 75 radio countdowns from 35 stations between 1995 and 2026. It was first released in 1995 on the album Short Bus. Its best result is #6 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #15 alternative song of 1995, #214 alternative song of all time and #113 of the '90s.

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#6best position
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1995–2026years charted

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"Hey Man Nice Shot" was the first single from Short Bus, Filter's 1995 debut album, and it announced the band with a slab of grinding industrial rock about as bleak as its subject. Richard Patrick wrote the words and music, and he and Brian Liesegang produced, engineered and recorded it themselves before Ben Grosse mixed it.

The song is about R. Budd Dwyer, the Pennsylvania State Treasurer who had been convicted on bribery charges in December 1986 and who shot himself at a televised press conference in Harrisburg on January 22, 1987. Patrick grew up in a neighboring state, saw the news coverage and never shook it; he has said the song took shape after he picked up a videotape of the raw footage at a bookstore during the 1991 Lollapalooza tour.

What he made of it is cold and coiled: a murmured, menacing verse that lurches into a chorus of scraping guitars and a howled title. That chorus riff has a history of its own. Guitarist Stuart Zechman, who was playing with Stabbing Westward at the time, brought the same line to them too, and it turned up on their 1994 song "Ungod".

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

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Indie & Adult Alternative

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 27 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 107
1995 15 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995 91
1995 6 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 101
1995 68 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 100
1995 71 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 104
1995 8 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1995 50
1995 27 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 103
1995 32 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 95
1995 10 WDRE Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995 104
1997 93 97.1 The Eagle Dallas-Fort Worth, TX KEGL The Eagle's Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 98 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1995 483 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 418 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 248 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1998 248 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 157 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 109 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 190 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 77 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 93 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 96 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 186 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
1999 83 The Buzz The Buzz Top 99 Songs of All-Time (1999) 99
1999 188 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2000 41 The Edge KEDJ Countdown 2000 (106 songs) 106
2000 82 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 103
2001 182 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 289 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 599 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2004 100 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 226 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 271 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 38 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 90s 96
2005 96 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 80 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of the '90s (December 2006) 107
2006 151 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 200 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 99 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 171 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 206 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 144 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 103 CFNY 102.1 The Edge The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge 200
2009 191 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 138 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 171 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) 200
2010 178 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) 200
2010 140 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 148 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 155 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 160 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 107 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 106 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 91 X96 X96's Top 100 Songs of the 90's 100
2019 89 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2019 200 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2020 105 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 391 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 225 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2021 757 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 449 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 96 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 99 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 124 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2022 300 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2022 816 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 565 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 411 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 53 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 89 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 73 94.1 WJJO WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 100
2024 383 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 323 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 179 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2026 163 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500
2026 246 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Hey Man, Nice Shot; Hey Man…Nice Shot.

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