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“Lakini's Juice” by Live

From the album Secret Samadhi (1997)

“Lakini's Juice” by Live appears on 22 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 1997 and 2023. It was first released in 1997 on the album Secret Samadhi. Its best result is #12 on the WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #43 alternative song of 1997, #2,899 alternative song of all time and #303 of the '90s.

22countdowns
16stations
#12best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1997–2023years charted

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"Lakini's Juice" was the first single from Live's 1997 album Secret Samadhi, and it's a rougher ride than the band's earlier hits. It opens on jagged, stabbing staccato guitar, grinds along on a constant dissonance and brings in an orchestra toward the end. Ed Kowalczyk wrote the words and sings them, sharing guitar duties with Chad Taylor, while Patrick Dahlheimer and Chad Gracey pound out the rhythm and Jon Carin adds keyboards. The band produced it with Jay Healy, Gerardo Lopez and Greg Thompson.

It was never sold as a single in the US, yet it topped the Modern Rock chart, ran second on Mainstream Rock, and its 29 in the UK was their best there. Not everyone was sold: in 2006 Stylus writer Ian Cohen ranked it second among follow-ups that stalled a band's momentum.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 64 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 107
1997 91 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 55 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101
1997 55 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 100
1997 36 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 107
1997 28 KNRK Portland, OR KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 94
1997 14 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 106
1997 82 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 103
1997 78 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 104
1997 80 97.1 The Eagle Dallas-Fort Worth, TX KEGL The Eagle's Top 97 Songs of 1997 97
1997 73 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997 100
1997 19 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97
1997 12 WRCX Rock 103.5 Chicago, IL WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997 103

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 422 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 966 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 699 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
2005 477 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2020 353 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 467 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 241 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 255 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 229 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420

Charting alongside it in 1997

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  2. 2Walkin' On The SunSmash Mouth
  3. 3TubthumpingChumbawamba
  4. 4FlySugar Ray
  5. 5The Impression That I GetThe Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  6. 6Semi-Charmed LifeThird Eye Blind

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