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“United States of Whatever” by Liam Lynch

From the album History of America? (2000)

“United States of Whatever” by Liam Lynch appears on 25 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2002 and 2022. It was first released in 2000 on the album History of America?. Its best result is #5 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #76 alternative song of 2003 and #3,842 alternative song of all time.

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Liam Lynch put out "United States of Whatever" in 2002, and it's barely a song at all, which is the joke: a ragged burst of comedy rock, made up on the spot, in which Lynch brushes off one person after another with the one-word shrug of the title. He wrote it, engineered it and mixed it himself, and it's over before you can finish rolling your eyes.

Critics mostly got the gag, praising the humor and its snapshot of American youth with the attitude dial stuck on bored, and it went top ten in both Australia and the UK, where until 2007 no shorter song had made the charts. It spawned parodies, and Lynch has since played it with Tony Kanal, Adrian Young and Foo Fighters.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 105.3 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 62 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2003 106.7 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 107
2003 18 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003 91
2003 83 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 99.1 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 70 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003 92
2003 99 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 5 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 58 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003 99
2003 104.9 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 105
2003 18 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 104
2003 76 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003 103
2003 81 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003 103

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 1909 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1909 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1890 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1698 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1715 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1710 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1689 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1707 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1708 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1728 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 909 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907

Also listed as: United States Of Whatever.

Charting alongside it in 2003

Best songs of 2003 →
  1. 1Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes
  2. 2Like a StoneAudioslave
  3. 3Bring Me to LifeEvanescence
  4. 4Somewhere I BelongLinkin Park
  5. 5Times Like TheseFoo Fighters
  6. 6Weak and PowerlessA Perfect Circle

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