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“Detachable Penis” by King Missile

From the album Happy Hour (1992)

“Detachable Penis” by King Missile appears on 31 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1992 and 2009. It was first released in 1992 on the album Happy Hour. Its best result is #29 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #43 alternative song of 1993, #799 alternative song of all time and #389 of the '90s.

31countdowns
11stations
#29best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1992–2009years charted

"Detachable Penis" was the first single from King Missile's 1992 album Happy Hour, and the title does most of the explaining. John S. Hall wrote the words and shares the music credit with Roger Murdock, Dave Rick and Chris Xefos, and Kramer produced.

King Missile were an avant-garde outfit, and the song is exactly the sort of absurd, deadpan joke that sneaks onto the radio because nobody can quite believe it's real, a novelty that plays its ridiculous premise completely straight and is funnier for it.

It did respectable business, climbing to number 25 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, and alternative radio's countdowns kept finding room for it for years afterward.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1992 66 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 105
1993 29 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993 107
1993 83 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993 91
1993 52 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993 101
1993 46 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 321 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 36 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 174 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1999 106 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 318 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 313 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 491 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 248 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 1077 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1166 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1061 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1063 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1062 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 915 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1047 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 501 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 134 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 343 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 1047 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1045 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 499 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 35 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 94 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 54 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2008 158 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2009 260 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500

Also listed as: Detatchable Penis; Detacheable Penis.

Charting alongside it in 1993

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  2. 2CreepRadiohead
  3. 3LingerThe Cranberries
  4. 4PlushStone Temple Pilots
  5. 5No RainBlind Melon
  6. 6Soul to SqueezeRed Hot Chili Peppers

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