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“Got the Life” by Korn

From the album Follow the Leader (1998)

“Got the Life” by Korn appears on 51 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 1998 and 2025. It was first released in 1998 on the album Follow the Leader. Its best result is #1 on the K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #24 alternative song of 1998, #682 alternative song of all time and #39 of the '90s.

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Korn - Got The Life (Official HD Video)

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"Got the Life" was the second single from Korn's third album, Follow the Leader, and in 1998 it turned the band into MTV regulars. They cut it in April that year at NRG Recording Studios, with Steve Thompson, Toby Wright and the band producing and Brendan O'Brien mixing, and it rides a bouncing, almost danceable groove under all the down-tuned sludge.

Jonathan Davis, Fieldy, Head, Munky and David Silveria wrote it together, and the band decided to put it out as a promotional single because every one of them felt there was something special about it. They were right. Fans requested the video on MTV's TRL so relentlessly that it became the first clip the show officially retired.

The music press mostly shrugged, but the audience didn't: it went gold in Australia, platinum in New Zealand and silver in the UK, and topped the Canadian RPM Rock/Alternative chart.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1998 18 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 107
1998 29 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998 91
1998 55 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 106
1998 90 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 30 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 100
1998 36 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 102
1998 18 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 107
1998 29 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 100
1998 4 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1998 98
1998 5 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 100
1998 76 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 102
1999 12 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 107
1999 7 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 106
1999 44 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 101
1999 55 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 100
1999 1 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 92
1999 24 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 99
1999 40 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 104
2000 83 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 93

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 27 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 104 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 45 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 453 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 125 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 823 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 2 The Edge KEDJ Countdown 2000 (106 songs) 106
2000 83 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 103
2001 243 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 22 K-Rock K-Rock Top 92 Party Songs of All-Time (2002) 92
2002 96 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2002 475 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2004 246 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 115 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 38 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 482 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 29 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2008 70 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2009 446 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2013 157 KBPI KBPI Top 200 Songs of All Time 200
2014 143 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 142 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 126 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 92 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 79 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 87 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 348 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2023 92 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 135 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 94 94.1 WJJO WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 100
2024 307 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2025 183 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400

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