Song · P.O.D.
“Southtown” by P.O.D.
From the EP The Warriors EP (1999)
“Southtown” by P.O.D. appears on 15 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2000 and 2023. It was first released in 1999 on the EP The Warriors EP. Its best result is #36 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2000. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #82 alternative song of 2000 and #4,446 alternative song of all time.
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"Southtown" is the Christian metal band P.O.D. hitting its stride: the song first surfaced on The Warriors EP and then got a bigger, meaner life as the opening single from The Fundamental Elements of Southtown, the third album and the group's first for a major label, Atlantic, with the single out in February 2000.
Sonny Sandoval raps and hollers over a four-man pileup: Marcos Curiel's guitar, Traa Daniels on bass and Noah "Wuv" Bernardo on drums, all four sharing the writing credit, with the band producing and Steve Russell engineering and mixing. It's nu metal with the weight turned all the way up and the rhymes delivered straight, no cartoon. Louder Sound later put it at number 5 among the band's 10 best, crediting it with smuggling sincere rap onto metal's home turf.
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 | 86 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 73 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 | 105 |
| 2000 | 76 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 92 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 | 93 |
| 2000 | 72 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 78 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2000 | 89 |
| 2000 | 42 | The Edge Phoenix, AZ | KEDJ Millennium Meltdown Countdown 2001 | 50 |
| 2000 | 63 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K | 102 |
| 2000 | 36 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 71 | 103.3 The Edge Buffalo, NY | 103.3 The Edge Top 103 of 2000 | 103 |
| 2000 | 90 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 326 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2021 | 302 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) | 420 |
| 2022 | 358 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 352 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
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