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“Sink To The Bottom” by Fountains of Wayne

From the album Fountains of Wayne (1996)

“Sink To The Bottom” by Fountains of Wayne appears on 19 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1997 and 2023. It was first released in 1996 on the album Fountains of Wayne. Its best result is #91 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #426 alternative song of 1997 and #2,479 alternative song of all time.

19countdowns

5stations

#91best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1997–2023years charted

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Fountains of Wayne's self-titled 1996 debut gave up "Sink to the Bottom" as its second single, sent to radio in February 1997, and it's power pop at its most bittersweet. Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger wrote it, Schlesinger produced it, and they cut it at the Place in New York City in the first months of 1996: chiming guitars, a melody that sticks like gum to a shoe, and a hangdog vocal that sounds like it's going down with the ship.

It nudged into the UK chart at 42 and reached number 7 in Norway. The single's extras, "Kid Gloves" and a live take on "Can't Get It Out of My Head" taped at the Jacksonville Coliseum, stayed off the band's albums until the Out-of-State Plates collection gathered them up in 2005.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

#725 of the '90s

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1997	91	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 1997	91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	189	91X	91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)	500
1999	1688	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	1688	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	1688	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	1680	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2002	115	The Buzz	The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial)	144
2003	1666	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	1667	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	1665	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	1483	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1491	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1510	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	1540	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	1608	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	1668	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1700	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2021	262	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s	908
2023	848	The Current	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s	893

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