Song · Fountains of Wayne
“Mexican Wine” by Fountains of Wayne
From the album Welcome Interstate Managers (2003)
“Mexican Wine” by Fountains of Wayne appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2004 and 2009. It was first released in 2003 on the album Welcome Interstate Managers. Its best result is #47 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #189 alternative song of 2004.
After "Stacy's Mom" opened the door for Welcome Interstate Managers, Fountains of Wayne's third studio album, the band sent "Mexican Wine" to radio as the follow-up on January 20, 2004, with Europe getting it that May. Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger wrote it and produced it, with Mike Denneen sharing the production and Tom Lord-Alge mixing.
The song is a little experiment in borrowed style. Schlesinger set out to write the way Collingwood does, by free association: he envied his partner's knack for semi-nonsense that somehow still hangs together, so he sat down and strung together images that didn't add up on purpose. It never charted, but critics liked what they heard, praising both the sound and the words.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 91 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 | 100 |
| 2004 | 136 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2004 | 227 |
| 2004 | 47 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 326 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
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