Song · Outkast
“So Fresh So Clean” by Outkast
From the album Stankonia (2000)
“So Fresh So Clean” by Outkast appears on 8 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2018 and 2026. It was first released in 2000 on the album Stankonia. Its best result is #88 on The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,415 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"So Fresh, So Clean" struts out of Stankonia, Outkast's fourth album, from 2000, with André 3000 and Big Boi splitting the difference between rapping and singing while they brag about how sharp they look. Organized Noize, the duo's longtime production partners, built it on a sample of Joe Simon's "Before the Night Is Over", with a bit of Funkadelic's "I'll Stay" folded in.
Sleepy Brown plays Rhodes piano and sings backup alongside Rico Wade, and Preston Crump adds bass. Arista sent it out as the follow-up to "Ms. Jackson", and it climbed to number 30 on the Hot 100 in May 2001. The video parks the duo and Sleepy Brown in front of CGI backdrops, in a beauty parlor and in a church, and in 2020 the single finally went platinum.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 878 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2019 | 465 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2022 | 483 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 88 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 566 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 118 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 314 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
| 2026 | 359 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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