Artist · chart history
Marvelous 3
Band Atlanta United States Active 1997–2001
Marvelous 3 formed in 1997 in Atlanta, United States and was active until 2001. Marvelous 3 has 12 chart appearances on 12 radio countdowns from 10 stations on RockLists, spanning 1998–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Freak of the Week”, which appears on 12 lists with a best position of #32. The station that charted Marvelous 3 most often is Live 105 (San Francisco, CA), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1999.
Marvelous 3 came out of Atlanta in 1997 with power pop cranked to the top of the dial: big crunchy guitars, candy-coated harmonies and Butch Walker writing hooks like he was being paid by the chorus. Math and Other Problems was the first album, and Hey! Album followed in 1998 with the song that made their name.
"Freak of the Week" is pure sugar-rush rock, a gleeful stomp with a chorus built for shouting out of a car window. MTV helped spread the word, and the band hit the road with the likes of Blink-182. ReadySexGo came out in 2000, but they called it quits the following year with a farewell show in Centennial Olympic Park.
Walker went on to a big solo career and a second life as a producer for Pink, Weezer and Fall Out Boy. Then, after a 23-year break, Marvelous 3 regrouped in 2023, made a fourth album called IV and packed rooms in Atlanta and Chicago.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Marvelous 3 on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freak of the Week | 12 | #32 | – | 1999 |
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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