Song · Nickel Creek
“Spit On A Stranger” by Nickel Creek
From the album This Side (2002)
“Spit On A Stranger” by Nickel Creek appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2013 and 2024. It was first released in 2002 on the album This Side. Its best result is #269 on The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs.
Nickel Creek reached well outside the bluegrass world for "Spit on a Stranger": it's a Pavement song, words and music by Stephen Malkmus, and the progressive bluegrass band cut it for This Side, their second major release, which Sugar Hill put out in the summer of 2002. Alison Krauss served as a producer on the record, which went on to win a Grammy.
The cover did more than fill a slot. It's the song that got This Side noticed in indie rock circles, a long way from where a progressive bluegrass record usually gets talked about.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 847 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2024 | 269 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
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