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“Excuse Me Mr.” by No Doubt
From the album Tragic Kingdom (1995)
“Excuse Me Mr.” by No Doubt appears on 10 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1997 and 2021. It was first released in 1995 on the album Tragic Kingdom. Its best result is #67 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #138 alternative song of 1997 and #4,035 alternative song of all time.
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"Excuse Me Mr." rockets out of Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt's third album, from 1995, and it's ska punk with its elbows out. Gwen Stefani and Tom Dumont wrote it about a woman trying to get a man to notice her, and Stefani sings it like she's done asking nicely. Matthew Wilder produced, with Adrian Young's drums racing, Tony Kanal's bass bouncing, Dumont's guitar chopping, Eric Stefani on keys, and the horns of Phil Jordan and Gabrial McNair blaring on top.
It went to US radio in August 1996, and critics heard it as a sharp breakup song and one of the album's standouts. Sophie Muller's video split into two stories: the band playing to an empty room that fills up with paparazzi, and Stefani tying herself to railroad tracks, waiting for a rescuer.
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 | 67 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 97 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 | 101 |
| 1997 | 76 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 83 | X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA | X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 244 | KROQ | KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) | 300 |
| 2004 | 368 | 107.7 The End | The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) | 500 |
| 2006 | 367 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2007 | 137 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
| 2008 | 239 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) | 500 |
| 2021 | 737 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
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