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“Stitches” by Orgy
From the album Candyass (1998)
“Stitches” by Orgy appears on 16 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1998 and 2023. It was first released in 1998 on the album Candyass. Its best result is #32 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #66 alternative song of 1999, #5,921 alternative song of all time and #397 of the '90s.
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"Stitches" was Orgy's first single, pulled from Candyass in 1998, and it got a second wind a year later: once the band's cover of "Blue Monday" caught on, "Stitches" went back out, this time on an enhanced CD with the video tucked on it in QuickTime.
It's industrial rock with its eyeliner on, credited to Jay Gordon, Amir Derakh, Ryan Shuck and Bobby Hewitt, produced by Josh Abraham and mixed by David Kahne and Dave Ogilvie, all synth grind and chugging guitars. The song opens on Gordon's voice alone, which caused trouble on stage: early on the band tacked a minute-long intro onto the front just so he could find the key. In 2017 Annie Zaleski of Spin ranked it the tenth best nu metal track ever.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 43 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1998 | 98 |
| 1999 | 79 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 60 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 | 91 |
| 1999 | 71 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 76 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 62 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 | 92 |
| 1999 | 94 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 | 99 |
| 1999 | 73 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 32 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 | 89 |
| 1999 | 38 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1999 | 101 |
| 1999 | 73 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 938 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2020 | 402 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2021 | 406 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) | 420 |
| 2022 | 407 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 380 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
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