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Meat Puppets

Band Phoenix Formed 1980

Meat Puppets formed in 1980 in Phoenix. Meat Puppets has 51 chart appearances on 43 radio countdowns from 14 stations on RockLists, spanning 1989–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Backwater”, which appears on 40 lists with a best position of #7. The station that charted Meat Puppets most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 21 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1994.

51appearances
43countdowns
5songs charted
14stations
0#1 finishes
1989–2024years

Songs by Meat Puppets on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Backwater#498 of all time
2,145		 40 #7 – 1994
2 Lake Of Fire
111		 7 #1603 – –
3 Up on the Sun
49		 2 #368 – –
4 Lost
12		 1 #441 – –
5 Sam
6		 1 #100 – 1991

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.

91 94

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2024 577 Up on the Sun The Best Opening Tracks of All Time
2023 359 Backwater The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2014 755 Backwater CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014 1850 Lake Of Fire CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 721 Backwater CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013 1789 Lake Of Fire CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 688 Backwater CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011 1724 Lake Of Fire CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 667 Backwater CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010 1659 Lake Of Fire CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 285 Backwater Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009)
2009 650 Backwater CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009 1618 Lake Of Fire CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 634 Backwater CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008 1603 Lake Of Fire CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 633 Backwater CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 1607 Lake Of Fire CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 313 Backwater KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2006 324 Backwater Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 262 Backwater WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006)
2005 280 Backwater WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005)
2005 494 Backwater CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004 462 Backwater The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)
2004 496 Backwater CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 214 Backwater Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2003 302 Backwater WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003 496 Backwater CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002 28 Backwater WFNX Top 50 Grunge Songs of All-Time (June 2002)
2002 284 Backwater WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002 496 Backwater CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 739 Backwater Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 313 Backwater WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001 496 Backwater CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000 312 Backwater WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000 496 Backwater CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 404 Backwater 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)
1999 278 Backwater Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 413 Backwater The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 368 Backwater WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999 496 Backwater CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 409 Backwater WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1994 39 Backwater KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994
1994 57 Backwater 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994
1994 12 Backwater Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994
1994 52 Backwater Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994
1994 7 Backwater WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994
1994 66 Backwater Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994
1994 423 Backwater Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1991 100 Sam Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991
1989 368 Up on the Sun WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989)
1989 441 Lost WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989)