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“History of A Boring Town” by Less Than Jake
From the album Hello Rockview (1998)
“History of A Boring Town” by Less Than Jake appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations in 1998. It was first released in 1998 on the album Hello Rockview. Its best result is #17 on the WBER Listener Countdown 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #113 alternative song of 1998.
Less Than Jake parked "History of a Boring Town" seventh in the running order of Hello Rockview, their third album, from 1998, and it went out as a single that climbed to 39 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The credits divide the labor cleanly: Chris DeMakes and Roger Lima wrote the music and Vinnie Fiorello supplied the words, and the ska-punk track was followed as a single by "All My Best Friends Are Metalheads".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 80 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 | 106 |
| 1998 | 100 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 | 107 |
| 1998 | 58 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 | 100 |
| 1998 | 17 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1998 | 98 |
Also listed as: History of a Boring Town.
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