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“Bathwater” by No Doubt
From the album Return of Saturn (2000)
“Bathwater” by No Doubt appears on 10 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2000 and 2014. It was first released in 2000 on the album Return of Saturn. Its best result is #5 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #109 alternative song of 2000 and #2,270 alternative song of all time.
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"Bathwater" closed out the singles run from Return of Saturn, No Doubt's fourth studio album, when it went out on November 14, 2000, and it's the band at its most theatrical. Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal and Gwen Stefani knocked it out in just ten minutes, and it opens like a New Orleans funeral, slow brass dragging along while Adrian Young beat-boxes, before snapping into a brisk, swinging ska-punk strut.
The lyric is about getting past your own insecurities and loving someone faults and all, and Stefani throws her voice across more than two octaves to sell it. Glen Ballard produced, Jack Joseph Puig mixed, and Gabrial McNair's piano and trombone plus Stephen Bradley's trumpet give it a boozy cabaret sheen. Critics split on it; Entertainment Weekly found the cabaret act campy.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 24 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2000 | 91 |
| 2000 | 86 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 346 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2008 | 774 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 796 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 817 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 844 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 882 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 929 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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