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“Crawling in the Dark” by Hoobastank

From the album Hoobastank (2001)

“Crawling in the Dark” by Hoobastank appears on 37 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 2001 and 2026. It was first released in 2001 on the album Hoobastank. Its best result is #2 on the Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #19 alternative song of 2002, #2,167 alternative song of all time and #89 of the '00s.

37countdowns
24stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
7top 10 finishes
2001–2026years charted

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"Crawling in the Dark" is the song that broke Hoobastank: the first single from their self-titled 2001 album, which was the band's second record and their first for a major label, Island. Doug Robb and Dan Estrin wrote it, and it's cut from the era's heavy-alternative cloth, with chunky, stop-start riffing, a coiled verse and a chorus that bursts wide open.

It climbed to No. 3 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and No. 7 on Mainstream Rock, and of the songs from that album only the later hit "Running Away" did better. In 2024 the staff of Consequence named it among their favorite post-grunge songs.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2001 68 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 107
2001 64 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 106
2001 84 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101
2001 92 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 100
2001 53 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 93
2001 81 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001 100
2001 39 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2001 107
2001 64 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 89
2001 57 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 99
2001 68 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001 106
2001 48 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 103
2001 56 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 97
2002 36 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 5 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 13 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 70 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 12 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 4 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 11 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 10 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 35 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2002 8 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 9 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2002 40
2002 8 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 104
2002 15 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2002 2 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 168 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 116 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2010 60 WJRR WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade 101
2010 14 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2014 150 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 177 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 273 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 312 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2022 494 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 297 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2026 438 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Crawling In The Dark.

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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