Song · Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
“Bellbottoms” by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
From the album Orange (1994)
“Bellbottoms” by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2019 and 2025. It was first released in 1994 on the album Orange. Its best result is #225 on The Best Opening Tracks of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,036 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Bellbottoms" blasts out of Orange, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's fourth album, released by Matador in 1994, and it's the trio at its most gloriously unhinged: blues turned inside out, shouted, stretched and snapped back like a rubber band. Jon Spencer wrote the words and built the music with Judah Bauer and Russell Simins, and he produced it with Jim Waters.
The single has had a long afterlife. It made The Pitchfork 500, and in 2017 Edgar Wright put it at the opening of Baby Driver and on the film's soundtrack, handing a whole new crowd a reason to go digging for the record it came from.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 403 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2021 | 778 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2024 | 225 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
| 2025 | 448 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
Also listed as: Bell Bottoms.
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