Song · Frank Black
“Los Angeles” by Frank Black
From the album Frank Black (1993)
“Los Angeles” by Frank Black appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1993 and 2024. It was first released in 1993 on the album Frank Black. Its best result is #69 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #150 alternative song of 1993 and #6,469 alternative song of all time.
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"Los Angeles" kicks off Frank Black's self-titled 1993 solo debut on 4AD, and it was the first single he ever released under his own name, a song he wrote alone. John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants directed the video, with Black himself in front of the camera, and it turned up on an episode of MTV's Beavis and Butt-head.
The song has kept finding second lives since. It served as the theme for Late World with Zach, a VH1 talk show that didn't last long but earned a cult following; it played under Eric Koston's part in Girl Skateboards' 2003 video Yeah Right!; and it landed on the soundtrack of the video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 69 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993 | 107 |
| 1993 | 85 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1583 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2023 | 739 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 544 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
| 2024 | 603 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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