Song · Korn
“A.D.I.D.A.S.” by Korn
From the album Life Is Peachy (1996)
“A.D.I.D.A.S.” by Korn appears on 17 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1997 and 2023. It was first released in 1996 on the album Life Is Peachy. Its best result is #4 on the WBER Listener Countdown 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #69 alternative song of 1997, #2,398 alternative song of all time and #500 of the '90s.
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"A.D.I.D.A.S." came off Korn's second album, Life Is Peachy, in 1996 and went out as its second single the following year. The title spells out a dirty joke that used to do the rounds at the sporting-goods store where Jonathan Davis worked in Korn's early days, and it doubles as a nod to the Adidas tracksuits and T-shirts the band wore as a uniform from 1993 to 1997, a deliberate kick at everything a metal band was supposed to look like. The company even sent them free gear.
Ross Robinson produced, recorded and helped mix it, with Chuck Johnson engineering, and he gets the band sounding like a sweaty, lurching machine, all grinding guitars and bouncing rhythm under Davis snarling about his one-track mind. All five members share the writing credit.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 18 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 | 91 |
| 1997 | 53 | X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA | X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 | 104 |
| 1997 | 21 | 97.1 The Eagle Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | KEGL The Eagle's Top 97 Songs of 1997 | 97 |
| 1997 | 4 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1997 | 99 |
| 1997 | 24 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 62 | 91X | 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 644 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 200 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2001 | 355 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
| 2002 | 87 | K-Rock | K-Rock Top 92 Party Songs of All-Time (2002) | 92 |
| 2004 | 131 | Q101 | Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2005 | 424 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2007 | 433 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
| 2020 | 319 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2021 | 352 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) | 420 |
| 2022 | 352 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 52 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 | 100 |
Also listed as: A.d.i.d.a.s; ADIDAS; Adidas.
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