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“Bound for the Floor” by Local H

From the album As Good as Dead (1996)

“Bound for the Floor” by Local H appears on 59 radio countdowns from 26 stations between 1996 and 2026. It was first released in 1996 on the album As Good as Dead. Its best result is #10 on the WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #61 alternative song of 1996, #329 alternative song of all time and #244 of the '90s.

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26stations
#10best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1996–2026years charted

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"Bound for the Floor" was the first single from As Good as Dead, Local H's 1996 album on Island, and it's proof that two musicians can make as much racket as a four-piece. Scott Lucas plays guitar and sings, Joe Daniels drums, and the two of them wrote it together.

The song swings between a sullen, loping verse and a chorus that erupts like somebody kicked over the amps, Lucas snarling and moaning over a thick, grinding riff while Daniels pounds away like he's paid by the hit. Steve Haigler produced with the band and engineered, and Tom Lord-Alge mixed it big and punchy, built for radio but still rough around the knuckles.

Modern rock stations got it on July 15, and mainstream rock stations a week later. It became the band's most popular single, climbing to number 5 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and 10 on Mainstream Rock.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 51 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 107
1996 44 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996 91
1996 40 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 101
1996 50 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 99
1996 52 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 96
1997 83 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101
1997 35 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 106
1997 64 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 103
1997 96 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997 100
1997 63 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 230 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 356 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 164 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 207 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 1659 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 45 DC101 DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s 101
2000 1659 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1659 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 160 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 1651 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 43 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2002 974 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 977 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1638 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 32 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 1638 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 60 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 90s 96
2005 1635 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 119 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 256 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 143 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 137 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 192 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 111 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 59 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 115 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 113 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 117 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 115 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 117 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 10 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 11 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 11 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 500 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 255 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 176 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 472 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 165 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2021 446 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2022 518 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 167 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 218 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 477 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 20 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 146 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2025 445 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500
2025 394 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2025 736 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 241 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Bound For The Floor; Bound For the Floor; Bound for The Floor.

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