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“Miserable” by Lit
From the album A Place in the Sun (1999)
“Miserable” by Lit appears on 23 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2000 and 2023. It was first released in 1999 on the album A Place in the Sun. Its best result is #7 on the Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #32 alternative song of 2000, #2,772 alternative song of all time and #392 of the '00s.
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"Miserable" arrived in the autumn of 1999 as the third single from A Place in the Sun, Lit's second album, and it's a sweet-and-sour rocker with a sly grin on its face. A. Jay Popoff and Jeremy Popoff wrote it, and singer A. Jay explained it as a song about craving something desperately, then feeling rotten once you've got it; listeners hear a person in it, he said, but it could just as easily be about addiction. The opening lines climb through the stages of a relationship on a cheeky double meaning, and the chorus is a pure sugar rush. It went to number 3 on the Alternative Airplay chart.
When it came time for a video, the band's idea of stitching together tour footage got shot down, and the treatment the producers pushed hardest took its cue from Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, giant bikini-clad woman and all.
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
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 94 | 107.7 The End | The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 1719 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2005 | 306 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2006 | 237 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2007 | 233 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
| 2008 | 395 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) | 500 |
| 2022 | 366 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 356 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
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