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“Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” by Good Charlotte

From the album The Young and the Hopeless (2002)

“Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” by Good Charlotte appears on 22 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2002 and 2004. It was first released in 2002 on the album The Young and the Hopeless. Its best result is #13 on the Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #31 alternative song of 2002, #5,910 alternative song of all time and #260 of the '00s.

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18stations
#13best position
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2002–2004years charted

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Good Charlotte - Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous (Official Video)

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Good Charlotte kicked off their second album, The Young and the Hopeless, with "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" in 2002, and it's a sneer with a sugar coating. Joel and Benji Madden aim their pop-punk slingshot at a world hooked on fame and at the stars too spoiled to see how lucky they've got it, name-dropping celebrities along the way, O.J. Simpson's lawyer Johnnie Cochran among them. Eric Valentine produced and mixed it, with Ken Allardyce engineering, and the result is all buzzsaw chords, bouncing drums and a chorus built for shouting from the back of the bus.

It was the band's first single in Europe and cracked the top 40 in several countries there, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, while at home it reached number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest they ever got on that chart.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 50 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 32 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 42 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 22 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 66 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 71 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 72 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 45 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 29 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 50 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 13 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 35 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 46 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2002 51 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 43 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 104
2002 19 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2002 40
2002 65 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99
2003 57 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 107
2003 22 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 107
2003 60 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 105
2003 85 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 104
2003 72 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 198 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300

Also listed as: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (?); Lifestyles of the Rich And Famous; Lifestyles of The Rich & Famous; Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous.

Charting alongside it in 2002

Best songs of 2002 →
  1. 1By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2AerialsSystem of a Down
  3. 3ToxicitySystem of a Down
  4. 4You Know You're RightNirvana
  5. 5All My LifeFoo Fighters
  6. 6SweetnessJimmy Eat World

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