Song · Meredith Brooks
“Bitch” by Meredith Brooks
From the album Blurring the Edges (1997)
“Bitch” by Meredith Brooks appears on 13 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1997 and 2025. It was first released in 1997 on the album Blurring the Edges. Its best result is #12 on the X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #37 alternative song of 1997, #6,276 alternative song of all time and #295 of the '90s.
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"Bitch" was the song that put Meredith Brooks on the map in 1997, the Capitol single that led the way for her second album, Blurring the Edges. She wrote it with Shelly Peiken, and punk veteran Geza X produced it, which helps explain the grit under all that radio shine: crunchy guitars, a strut in the verse, and a chorus built to be shouted back with a grin.
Also known as "Bitch (Nothing in Between)", it earned Grammy nominations for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and Best Rock Song, won Most Performed Foreign Work at the 1998 APRA Music Awards, and later landed at 79 on VH1's list of the 100 greatest songs of the '90s.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 86 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 74 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 | 105 |
| 1997 | 31 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 | 101 |
| 1997 | 32 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 12 | X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA | X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 | 104 |
| 1997 | 33 | KNRK Portland, OR | KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 | 94 |
| 1997 | 36 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 | 106 |
| 1997 | 28 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 | 103 |
| 1997 | 28 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 | 97 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 806 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2021 | 586 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 196 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2025 | 301 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
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