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“Celebrity Skin” by Hole

From the album Celebrity Skin (1998)

“Celebrity Skin” by Hole appears on 54 radio countdowns from 27 stations between 1998 and 2024. It was first released in 1998 on the album Celebrity Skin. Its best result is #4 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #3 alternative song of 1998, #1,138 alternative song of all time and #19 of the '90s.

54countdowns
27stations
#4best position
0#1 finishes
5top 10 finishes
1998–2024years charted

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Hole - Celebrity Skin (Official Music Video)

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"Celebrity Skin" was the first single and title track from Hole's third studio album, released in 1998, and it hits like a champagne bottle smashed across a hull: a glossy, roaring guitar riff, a chorus built for arenas, and Courtney Love's words spitting and glittering all over it. Love wrote the lyrics, and the music credit is shared by Love, Eric Erlandson and, intriguingly, Billy Corgan.

Michael Beinhorn produced it, with Erlandson lending a hand, and Tom Lord-Alge mixed it big, bright and radio-ready, with every guitar polished to a high shine and not a speck of the snarl lost.

It became the band's only single to top Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, and in October 2011 NME ranked it 126th among the best tracks of the previous 15 years. "Malibu" followed it as the next single.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1998 8 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 107
1998 4 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998 91
1998 23 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 106
1998 35 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 8 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 100
1998 11 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 102
1998 11 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 107
1998 6 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 100
1998 40 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1998 98
1998 16 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 103
1998 27 DC101 Washington, D.C. DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 4 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 100
1998 26 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 102
1999 33 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 107
1999 14 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 106
1999 57 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 101
1999 13 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 92
1999 93 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 99
1999 101 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1999 101
1999 48 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 43 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 73 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 100 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 239 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1845 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 890 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 28 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of the '90s (September 2000) 100
2000 1846 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1848 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 225 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 1834 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1810 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 331 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 1810 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 243 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 35 WBCN WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) 104
2005 98 Live 105 Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of the '90s (August 2005) 106
2005 1806 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 467 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 306 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 300 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 188 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2008 313 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2014 453 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2020 345 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 142 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 804 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 150 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 617 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 148 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 270 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 188 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 72 ALT 104.5 ALT 104.5 Top 104 of ALT Time 104
2024 368 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738

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