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“Shoots And Ladders” by Korn
From the album Korn (1994)
“Shoots And Ladders” by Korn appears on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1995 and 2023. It was first released in 1994 on the album Korn. Its best result is #4 on the WBER Listener Countdown 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #183 alternative song of 1995 and #4,961 alternative song of all time.
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"Shoots and Ladders" comes off Korn's self-titled 1994 debut and went out as its third single in 1995, and it's the band at their most gleefully creepy. The title twists the children's board game Chutes and Ladders, and Jonathan Davis built the lyric almost entirely out of nursery rhymes, from "Ring a Ring o' Roses" and "London Bridge Is Falling Down" to "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep". His point: kids chant them happily without knowing the dark stories underneath, like the Black Plague lurking behind "Ring Around the Rosie". It's also the first Korn song with bagpipes.
Fieldy, Head, Munky and David Silveria wrote the music and Ross Robinson produced. McG directed the video, which cuts between the band tearing it up in front of a rowdy crowd and playing before a fake castle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 47 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 | 103 |
| 1995 | 47 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1995 | 50 |
| 1996 | 4 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1996 | 100 |
| 1997 | 73 | 97.1 The Eagle Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | KEGL The Eagle's Top 97 Songs of 1997 | 97 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 380 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2004 | 202 | Q101 | Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2007 | 388 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
| 2013 | 84 | KBPI | KBPI Top 200 Songs of All Time | 200 |
| 2023 | 55 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023 | 100 |
Also listed as: Shoots and Ladders; Shoots N Ladders.
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