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“Pardon Me” by Incubus

From the album Make Yourself (1999)

“Pardon Me” by Incubus appears on 59 radio countdowns from 29 stations between 1999 and 2026. It was first released in 1999 on the album Make Yourself. Its best result is #1 on the K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #1 alternative song of 2000, #448 alternative song of all time, #456 of the '90s and #101 of the '00s.

59countdowns
29stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
17top 10 finishes
1999–2026years charted

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"Pardon Me" was the lead single from Make Yourself, Incubus's third studio album, and it was the song that finally got the band real time on the radio. It's a pressure cooker of a track: Mike Einziger's guitar coils and snaps, Dirk Lance's bass and José Pasillas's drums lock into a jittery, funk-bent groove, Chris Kilmore scratches away on the turntables, and Brandon Boyd rides the whole thing from a near-whisper up to a full-throated roar.

The writing credit is shared by Boyd, Einziger, Kilmore, Pasillas and Alex Katunich. Scott Litt produced it with the band and mixed it alongside Rick Will, with Michael Elvis Baskette recording.

It climbed to number three on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and number seven on Mainstream Rock, and in 2024 the staff of Consequence found room for it on a list of 50 post-grunge songs worth backing.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 81 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 107
1999 57 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 106
1999 45 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 100
1999 83 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 92
1999 91 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 107
1999 83 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 89
1999 91 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 103
1999 65 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1999 101
2000 2 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 107
2000 8 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2000 91
2000 2 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 105
2000 6 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000 101
2000 18 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 100
2000 1 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 93
2000 6 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000 100
2000 14 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 107
2000 2 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2000 89
2000 10 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2000 99
2000 18 103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000 103
2000 2 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K 102
2000 2 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 102
2000 3 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2000 100
2000 4 The Edge Phoenix, AZ KEDJ Millennium Meltdown Countdown 2001 50
2000 3 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 100
2001 39 99X Atlanta, GA 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 1050 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
2000 65 The Edge KEDJ Countdown 2000 (106 songs) 106
2001 87 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 679 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2004 238 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 51 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 26 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 109 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 164 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 76 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 98 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2008 65 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2009 88 CFNY 102.1 The Edge The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge 200
2009 35 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 139 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) 200
2011 77 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s 102
2014 4 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 5 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 87 X96 X96's Top 100 Songs of the 90's 100
2019 6 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 67 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 305 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 81 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2021 411 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2022 66 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2022 83 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 37 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2023 3 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 96 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2024 898 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 61 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2025 137 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2026 55 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500
2026 313 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

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