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“Bubble Toes” by Jack Johnson

From the album Brushfire Fairytales (2000)

“Bubble Toes” by Jack Johnson appears on 30 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2001 and 2025. It was first released in 2000 on the album Brushfire Fairytales. Its best result is #11 on the Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #80 alternative song of 2002 and #1,723 alternative song of all time.

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15stations
#11best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
2001–2025years charted

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"Bubble Toes" comes from Brushfire Fairytales, Jack Johnson's 2000 album, and it's his song from top to bottom: he wrote the words and the music, plays the guitar and sings lead. JP Plunier produced it, Todd Burke recorded and mixed it, and Andrew Alekel and Chad Essig pitched in as assistant engineers.

It's a barefoot little thing, a strummed acoustic groove with a loose, easy lilt and a vocal that sounds like it's being sung to friends on a porch rather than to an arena. Nothing is pushed, nothing is polished to a shine, and that light touch is exactly why it sticks. The countdowns kept it close for years.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2001 18 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001 91
2002 61 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 16 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 78 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 11 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2002 16 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2002 224
2002 46 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 27 93XRT Chicago, IL WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2002 30
2003 85 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 1996 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 43 91X 91X Top 91 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 91
2003 1794 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1794 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1788 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 843 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 636 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2007 434 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2008 716 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 101 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2009 730 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 579 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2009 720 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 744 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 774 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 806 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 497 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2014 843 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 462 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2025 757 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 718 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800

Also listed as: Bubbletoes.

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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