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“The Science of Selling Yourself Short” by Less Than Jake
From the album Anthem (2003)
“The Science of Selling Yourself Short” by Less Than Jake appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations in 2003. It was first released in 2003 on the album Anthem. Its best result is #56 on the KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #163 alternative song of 2003.
"The Science of Selling Yourself Short" was the second single from Anthem, the fifth album by American ska-punk crew Less Than Jake, following "She's Gonna Break Soon" out in July 2003. Rob Cavallo came aboard as producer after a meeting with the band, and the sessions ran from October to December 2002 between Piety Street Recording in New Orleans and Morning View Studio in Malibu.
Chris DeMakes and Roger Lima share the vocals over DeMakes' guitar, Lima's bass and Vinnie Fiorello's drums, and Buddy Schaub's trombone and Peter "JR" Wasilewski's sax are still in there, even as some critics heard the album drifting from horns toward pop-punk. Jamie Muhoberac adds keyboards and Luis Conte percussion, Fiorello wrote the lyrics, and Tom Lord-Alge and Mike Baehler mixed it. In the US it climbed to number 36 on Alternative Airplay.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 80 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 | 107 |
| 2003 | 90 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 | 100 |
| 2003 | 56 | 102.1 The Edge Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003 | 102 |
| 2003 | 97 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 | 104 |
| 2003 | 71 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003 | 103 |
Also listed as: The Science Of Selling Yourself Short.
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