Artist · chart history
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Band New York United States Formed 1993
Fun Lovin' Criminals formed in 1993 in New York, United States. Fun Lovin' Criminals has 26 chart appearances on 26 radio countdowns from 18 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Scooby Snacks”, which appears on 24 lists with a best position of #14. The station that charted Fun Lovin' Criminals most often is 105.9 The X (Pittsburgh, PA), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1996.
Fun Lovin' Criminals came out of New York City in 1993 with a sound that was part rock band, part hip-hop crew, part jazz lounge after hours, and all attitude. Huey Morgan, Brian Leiser, Frank Benbini, Stephen Borgovini and Mackie Jayson have all been part of the gang.
Their songs are about the city: its streets, its hustlers, organized crime and urban violence, sometimes told straight and gritty, sometimes with a wink and a smirk. "Scooby Snacks", from the 1996 debut Come Find Yourself, is the one everybody knows, a lazy, grooving shuffle stitched together with samples lifted from Quentin Tarantino's films. They named another song, "Love Unlimited", after Barry White's backing singers, which tells you where their hearts lie.
They built a big following abroad, especially in northwest Europe, around their first two albums, and in 1997 they were nominated for the BRIT Award for International Breakthrough Act.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Fun Lovin' Criminals on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scooby Snacks | 24 | #14 | – | 1996 | |
| 2 | Fun Lovin Criminals | 1 | #65 | – | 1997 | |
| 3 | I'm Not In Love | 1 | #649 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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