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“Bad Day” by Fuel
From the album Something Like Human (2000)
“Bad Day” by Fuel appears on 10 radio countdowns from 10 stations in 2001. It was first released in 2000 on the album Something Like Human. Its best result is #31 on the 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #80 alternative song of 2001.
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"Bad Day" sits fifth on Something Like Human, Fuel's second album, out in September 2000, but guitarist Carl Bell wrote it long before the band had a major-label deal. They took a run at it during the 1998 sessions for Sunburn, and singer Brett Scallions admitted they just couldn't nail it back then.
This time they did. Scallions sings lead and plays guitar alongside Bell, who also adds vocals and co-produced it with Ben Grosse, while Jeff Abercrombie holds the bass and Kevin Miller the drums. It's post-grunge in a bright A major at a steady mid-tempo rock clip, the kind of chorus built to be yelled out a car window. Epic put it out in May 2001, the third single off the record, and it climbed to 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 that August, but right after the September 11 attacks, Clear Channel judged its subject matter wrong for the airwaves.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 90 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
| 2001 | 92 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 90 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
| 2001 | 56 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 | 93 |
| 2001 | 43 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
| 2001 | 68 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 | 103 |
| 2001 | 68 | WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
| 2001 | 34 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 | 97 |
| 2001 | 31 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2001 | 50 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
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