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“Space Lord” by Monster Magnet
From the album Powertrip (1998)
“Space Lord” by Monster Magnet appears on 14 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1998 and 2023. It was first released in 1998 on the album Powertrip. Its best result is #78 on the DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #241 alternative song of 1998 and #3,980 alternative song of all time.
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"Space Lord" was the 1998 single that broke Monster Magnet to a mass audience, pulled from Powertrip and written top to bottom by Dave Wyndorf, who produced it with Matt Hyde; Hyde engineered and Randy Staub mixed. It rose to number three on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and twenty-nine on the Alternative chart.
Joseph Kahn directed the video, which made a little TV history: on September 14, 1998, it became the first clip ever aired on MTV's Total Request Live, and it turned up on that countdown five times, getting as high as number seven. For radio and TV, the song's signature expletive was clipped short and drowned in echo, with the rhythm left intact. The band has never put out its own uncut version, though the full word survives on the Intergalactic 7 Remix on international pressings of Greatest Hits.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 80 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 | 102 |
| 1998 | 78 | DC101 Washington, D.C. | DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 | 101 |
| 1998 | 91 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 | 102 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 934 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 1931 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 1999 | 812 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2000 | 1935 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1931 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1916 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 418 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2020 | 322 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2021 | 285 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) | 420 |
| 2022 | 327 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 351 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
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