Song · Meat Puppets
“Lake Of Fire” by Meat Puppets
From the album Meat Puppets II (1984)
“Lake Of Fire” by Meat Puppets appears on 10 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2007 and 2026. It was first released in 1984 on the album Meat Puppets II. Its best result is #740 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,959 alternative song of all time.
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"Lake of Fire" sits on Meat Puppets II, the Meat Puppets' second album, released in April 1984, and Curt Kirkwood wrote it and sings it. The lineup is lean: Curt on guitar, his brother Cris on bass and Derrick Bostrom on drums, with Spot engineering and producing alongside the band. It's cowpunk at its most unhinged, twangy and a little bit feverish.
The song refused to stay buried. In November 1993 Nirvana played it on MTV Unplugged with both Kirkwoods sitting in, which put it in front of a vast new audience, and the band later tucked an alternate take away as a hidden track on Too High to Die in 1994.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1607 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1603 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1618 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1659 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1724 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1789 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1850 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2021 | 740 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
| 2023 | 773 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
| 2026 | 768 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: Lake of Fire.
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