Artist · chart history
Luscious Jackson
Band Manhattan United States Active 1991–2000
Luscious Jackson formed in 1991 in Manhattan, United States and was active until 2000. Luscious Jackson has 76 chart appearances on 51 radio countdowns from 22 stations on RockLists, spanning 1994–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Naked Eye”, which appears on 45 lists with a best position of #15. The station that charted Luscious Jackson most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 35 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1997.
Luscious Jackson borrowed their name from a basketball player, Lucious Jackson, and their sound from everywhere: hip-hop beats, funky basslines, dreamy pop hooks and downtown New York cool. Jill Cunniff sang and played bass, Gabby Glaser sang and played guitar, Vivian Trimble handled keyboards, and Kate Schellenbach joined on drums partway through recording their 1992 debut EP, In Search of Manny. From 1993 on, their records came out on the Beastie Boys' Grand Royal label.
Natural Ingredients in 1994 was loose, groovy and street-smart, with "City Song" strolling along like a summer afternoon on the block. Fever in Fever Out in 1996 went glossier and more hypnotic, and "Naked Eye" became their biggest hit, a slinky, shimmering thing with a hook that just floats, and the one song that got them onto the Hot 100. "Under Your Skin" and "Why Do I Lie?" kept that silky groove going.
Trimble left in 1998, and the remaining trio made Electric Honey, with the breezy "Ladyfingers", before calling it quits in 2000. They were back in 2011, and in 2013 they released 2 new albums, one of them for kids.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Luscious Jackson on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naked Eye | 45 | #15 | – | 1997 | |
| 2 | Under Your Skin | 14 | #784 | – | – | |
| 3 | Ladyfingers | 5 | #88 | – | 1999 | |
| 4 | Why Do I Lie? | 7 | #1567 | – | – | |
| 5 | City Song | 3 | #84 | – | 1994 | |
| 6 | Under My Skin | 1 | #94 | – | 1997 | |
| 7 | Are You Ready? | 1 | #187 | – | 2013 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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