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“Bittersweet” by Fuel
From the EP Hazleton (1997)
“Bittersweet” by Fuel appears on 12 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1998 and 2023. It was first released in 1997 on the EP Hazleton. Its best result is #73 on the DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #126 alternative song of 1998 and #4,468 alternative song of all time.
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"Bittersweet" first surfaced on Fuel's Hazleton EP in 1997 before landing on Sunburn, the American band's debut full-length, and Epic sent it out as a single in November 1998 as the follow-up to "Shimmer". It's post-grunge cut for the rock dial: heavy but tuneful, sweet and sour in exactly the way the title promises, with enough hard-rock heft to keep it from going soft.
The single climbed to 15 on Billboard's mainstream rock chart that year and later traveled all the way to Australia, where it reached 70 on the singles chart in December 1999. The next single off the record was "Sunburn".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 88 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 | 106 |
| 1998 | 98 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 | 101 |
| 1998 | 81 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 | 107 |
| 1998 | 73 | DC101 Washington, D.C. | DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 | 101 |
| 1998 | 84 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 | 103 |
| 1998 | 84 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 | 102 |
| 1999 | 92 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 429 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
| 2020 | 373 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2021 | 333 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) | 420 |
| 2022 | 334 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 363 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
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