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“Selling The Drama” by Live

From the album Throwing Copper (1994)

“Selling The Drama” by Live appears on 37 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 1994 and 2014. It was first released in 1994 on the album Throwing Copper. Its best result is #1 on the Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #20 alternative song of 1994, #397 alternative song of all time and #234 of the '90s.

37countdowns
14stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
1994–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 53 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 107
1994 28 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994 91
1994 17 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 106
1994 57 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 101
1994 3 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 100
1994 1 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 94

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 200 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 348 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1999 262 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 274 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 244 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 57 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 314 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 686 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 326 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 321 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 95 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of the '90s (September 2000) 100
2000 326 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 331 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 373 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 331 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 945 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 331 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 190 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 331 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 210 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 332 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 249 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 534 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 497 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 537 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 242 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 537 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 521 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 536 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 538 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 551 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Selling the Drama.

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