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“Adolescents” by Incubus

From the album If Not Now, When? (2011)

“Adolescents” by Incubus appears on 24 radio countdowns from 23 stations between 2011 and 2012. It was first released in 2011 on the album If Not Now, When?. Its best result is #8 on the KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #20 alternative song of 2011 and #59 of the '10s.

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"Adolescents" was the first taste of If Not Now, When?, Incubus's seventh album, in 2011, and the first new single the band had put out in two years, the last being their take on Prince and the Revolution's "Let's Go Crazy" for the 2009 compilation Monuments and Melodies. All five members share the writing credit, and Brendan O'Brien produced it, with Tom Syrowski engineering.

It almost didn't make the record. Mike Einziger has said it was the last song they wrote for the album, a floater they weren't sure they'd keep, since the band wanted a lean eleven-track set rather than thirteen. He picked it as the single because it was the easiest way in for fans. It paid off: the song reached number three on Billboard's Alternative Songs and Rock Songs charts.

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#StationCountdownof
2011 11 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2011 30
2011 13 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2011 91
2011 68 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2011 89
2011 42 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 102
2011 14 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2011 99
2011 31 KFMA Tucson, AZ KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2011 50
2011 37 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 of 2011 97
2011 47 89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA 89.7 The River Top 89 of 2011 89
2011 29 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2011 94
2011 40 Rock 93.5 Columbia, SC Rock 93.5 WARQ Top 93 of 2011 92
2011 8 KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2011 92
2011 17 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2011 49
2011 20 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2011 105
2011 23 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 Songs of 2011 50
2011 64 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2011 103
2011 92 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2011 103
2011 48 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2011 90
2011 28 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtracks of 2011 94
2011 13 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2011 98
2011 19 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2011 94
2011 47 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2011 51
2011 23 X107.5 Las Vegas, NV X107.5 Top 50 Songs That Didn't Suck 2011 50
2011 58 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011 96
2012 61 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2012 91

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