Song · Murmurs
“You Suck” by Murmurs
From the album The Murmurs (1994)
“You Suck” by Murmurs appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1994 and 2021. It was first released in 1994 on the album The Murmurs. Its best result is #52 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #205 alternative song of 1994.
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"You Suck" is the Murmurs at their most gleefully vicious, a 1994 single on MCA from the duo's album The Murmurs. Leisha Hailey wrote the words and the pair built the music together, and the target was real: a New Yorker who ripped off Hailey and her bandmate Heather Grody. The result is acoustic punk, a kiss-off about betrayal with a grin on its face, produced by William Basinski and Roger Greenawalt.
It only scraped into the Billboard Hot 100 at number 89, but it did better abroad, catching on in Australia and spending a week at number one in Norway in the middle of 1995. Australian buyers got a more explicit version, too.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 77 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 | 101 |
| 1994 | 88 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 | 100 |
| 1995 | 52 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 465 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
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