Artist · chart history
Fred Schneider
Solo artist Newark United States US singer‐songwriter, frontman of The B‐52s
Fred Schneider is an artist from Newark. Fred Schneider has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2002–2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Monster”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #969. The station that charted Fred Schneider most often is Fred (XM 44) (XM Satellite Radio (national)), with 2 appearances.
Fred Schneider, born in 1951 in Newark, is the founding frontman of the B-52's, and that voice is his calling card: a half-sung, half-hollered sprechgesang that he developed by reciting poetry over guitars. Nobody else sounds like him, and he's never tried to sound like anybody else.
In 1984 he stepped out on his own for Fred Schneider & the Shake Society, on Warner Bros. Records, and it plays like a B-52's party with Fred running the whole show. "Monster" is the pick of the bunch, a campy, bouncing new wave romp with Schneider barking and yelping over a rubbery groove like a carnival barker who's had too much punch. It's silly, it's infectious and it's exactly what you'd hope for.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Fred Schneider on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monster | 2 | #969 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 969 | Monster | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) |
| 2002 | 1249 | Monster | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) |
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