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“Kim The Waitress” by Material Issue
From the album Freak City Soundtrack (1994)
“Kim The Waitress” by Material Issue appears on 10 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1994 and 2005. It was first released in 1994 on the album Freak City Soundtrack. Its best result is #90 on the Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #285 alternative song of 1994 and #2,219 alternative song of all time.
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"Kim the Waitress" comes from Freak City Soundtrack, the third studio album Material Issue made for Mercury, released in 1994, with the words and music credited to Jeff Kelly. Mike Chapman, the producer behind breakthrough records for Blondie and the Knack, was at the board for the album, and Rick Nielsen makes an appearance on it too.
Critics took it as a comeback. The Chicago Tribune hailed "a return to form" that got about as near as a record can to the band's live energy, and Trouser Press went further, calling it "an unqualified triumph". It would also be their last studio album before frontman Jim Ellison's death in 1996.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 90 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 | 94 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 775 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 1147 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1138 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1094 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1093 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1078 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1078 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1076 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2005 | 455 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
Also listed as: Kim the Waitress.
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