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“B.O.B.” by Outkast
From the album Stankonia (2000)
“B.O.B.” by Outkast appears on 14 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2000 and 2025. It was first released in 2000 on the album Stankonia. Its best result is #46 on the WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #271 alternative song of 2000 and #6,837 alternative song of all time.
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"B.O.B." ("Bombs Over Baghdad") was the lead single from Outkast's fourth album, Stankonia, in 2000, and it came in hot: a breakneck 155 beats per minute of drum-and-bass clatter, squalling guitars, organ and the Morris Brown College Gospel Choir all piled on top of each other. André 3000 and Big Boi rap at a sprint just to keep their heads above it. Earthtone III, the production name for Outkast with Mr. DJ, built it, and DJ Cutmaster Swiff adds scratches.
Big Boi said they wanted to break from the beat-plus-rapper-plus-hook formula everyone else was cashing in on, and it shows. It wasn't a big seller, but Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Blender and Complex have all ranked it among the greatest songs ever made, and it found a fresh audience during the 2003 Iraq War.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 46 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2001 | 93 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 189 | Q101 | Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2007 | 1998 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2007 | 641 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2008 | 1941 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1880 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1938 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 2012 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2018 | 502 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2020 | 1208 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 183 | KEXP | KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) | 491 |
| 2024 | 110 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 79 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
Also listed as: B-O-B; B.O.B (Bombs Over Baghdad); B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad); B.O.B.
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