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“Airport Song” by Guster
From the album Goldfly (1997)
“Airport Song” by Guster appears on 11 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1998 and 2022. It was first released in 1997 on the album Goldfly. Its best result is #65 on the WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #216 alternative song of 1998 and #4,018 alternative song of all time.
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"Airport Song" was Guster's first single, pulled from Goldfly, the second album they released in March 1997. Like most of the band's early material, its percussion comes from bongos, and under the easygoing surface the lyric circles something much stranger: the indoctrination of a new recruit into a cult.
In concert, fans have made a tradition of throwing ping pong balls onto the stage at the song's climax, and a live take turned up on the CD and DVD Guster on Ice. "Demons" followed it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 65 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 | 102 |
| 1998 | 72 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1899 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1887 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1856 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1842 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1587 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1587 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1577 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2005 | 828 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2022 | 705 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
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