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Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Band New York United States Formed 1991 US rock band

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion formed in 1991 in New York, United States. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion has 21 chart appearances on 20 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “She Said”, which appears on 12 lists with a best position of #70. The station that charted Jon Spencer Blues Explosion most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 11 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.

21appearances

20countdowns

7songs charted

7stations

0#1 finishes

1996–2025years

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion never met a rule of rock and roll they didn't want to kick over and then dance on. The New York City trio had no bass player and didn't miss one: Jon Spencer yelping, preaching and wringing noise out of his guitar and a theremin, Judah Bauer on guitar, harmonica and the occasional lead vocal, and Russell Simins pounding the drums like the rent was due.

What they play is rock and roll at root, but it's been dunked in punk, blues, garage, rockabilly, soul, noise rock, R&B and hip-hop, then left out in the rain. Orange, in 1994, came with the loose-limbed, strutting groove of "Bellbottoms" out front, and Now I Got Worry in 1996 brought the scuzzy stomp of "2 Kindsa Love". ACME, in 1998, brought "Talk About The Blues", and by Plastic Fang in 2002 they had tightened into a lean rock machine on "She Said".

Along the way they cut records with R.L. Burnside and Dub Narcotic Sound System and worked with the likes of Beck, Elliott Smith, Solomon Burke, Steve Albini and Mike D of the Beastie Boys, which tells you exactly how wide their net was.

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

Songs by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	She Said	474	12	#70	–	2002
2	Bellbottoms	165	4	#225	–	–
3	2 Kindsa Love	58	1	#22	–	1996
4	Sweet N Sour	54	1	#103	–	2002
5	Talk About The Blues	46	1	#273	–	–
6	Right Place Wrong Time	28	1	#609	–	–
7	Do The Get Down	18	1	#103	–	2015

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

96 02 15

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2025	448	Bellbottoms	The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs
2024	225	Bellbottoms	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2024	609	Right Place Wrong Time	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs
2021	778	Bellbottoms	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2019	403	Bellbottoms	KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time
2015	103	Do The Get Down	WBER Listener Countdown 2015
2014	998	She Said	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	951	She Said	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011	945	She Said	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	916	She Said	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	888	She Said	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008	933	She Said	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	862	She Said	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2006	273	Talk About The Blues	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2005	1956	She Said	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	1968	She Said	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	1984	She Said	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	70	She Said	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2002	93 (tie)	She Said	WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002	103 (tie)	Sweet N Sour	WBER Listener Countdown 2002
1996	22	2 Kindsa Love	John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1996

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