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“Freaks” by Live
From the album Secret Samadhi (1997)
“Freaks” by Live appears on 9 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1997 and 1999. It was first released in 1997 on the album Secret Samadhi. Its best result is #46 on The End Top 107 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #112 alternative song of 1997 and #4,430 alternative song of all time.
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"Freaks" was the second single from Secret Samadhi, Live's 1997 album on Radioactive, and it's the band at their most coiled and strange, a grinding, heavy-lidded rocker that never quite unclenches. Ed Kowalczyk wrote the words and sings them with his usual fervor, trading electric guitar with Chad Taylor while Patrick Dahlheimer's bass and Chad Gracey's drums lock tight and Jon Carin's keyboards hover behind. The band produced it with Jay Healy, Gerardo Lopez and Greg Thompson.
It was never sold as a single in the US, yet it still reached number five on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. Paul Cunningham's video is a small, creepy parable: actor Peter Guinness walks into a club where everyone drinks milk, sticks to black coffee, and ends up held down and made to drink milk from a champagne bottle while Live play on in red shirts and tuxedos.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 46 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 103 | X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA | X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 | 104 |
| 1997 | 82 | KNRK Portland, OR | KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 | 94 |
| 1997 | 85 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 | 106 |
| 1997 | 75 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 | 103 |
| 1997 | 74 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 | 97 |
| 1997 | 67 | WRCX Rock 103.5 Chicago, IL | WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 609 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 617 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
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