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“Youth of the Nation” by P.O.D.

From the album Satellite (2001)

“Youth of the Nation” by P.O.D. appears on 39 radio countdowns from 26 stations between 2001 and 2025. It was first released in 2001 on the album Satellite. Its best result is #1 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #14 alternative song of 2002, #2,397 alternative song of all time and #87 of the '00s.

39countdowns
26stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
7top 10 finishes
2001–2025years charted

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"Youth of the Nation" was the second single from Satellite, P.O.D.'s fourth album, and it grew out of a real horror. On the way to record in March 2001, the band got stuck in traffic and learned the jam was caused by a shooting at Santana High School. The album was pushed back, and the song they wrote in its wake reaches back to Columbine as well.

Sonny Sandoval, Marcos Curiel, Traa Daniels and Noah "Wuv" Bernardo wrote it together, setting a rap-rock lament over a slow, rolling groove, and a choir of voices swells in behind them. Howard Benson produced with the band, and Chris Lord-Alge mixed it big. It became P.O.D.'s only chart-topper on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, and Classic Rock later ranked it the best song they ever made.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2001 90 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 107
2001 83 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 106
2001 38 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 100
2001 69 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 93
2001 23 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2001 107
2001 72 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001 106
2001 88 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 97
2001 43 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 103
2001 84 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2001 191
2002 10 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 12 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002 91
2002 14 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 1 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 20 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 2 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 5 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 15 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 7 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 15 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 87 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2002 28 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 73 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2002 224
2002 6 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2002 6 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 136 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2002 868 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2005 193 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2008 456 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2010 49 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2010 81 WJRR WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade 101
2014 263 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 281 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 209 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 236 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 467 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2022 482 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2023 233 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 280 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2025 157 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400

Also listed as: Youth Of The Nation.

Charting alongside it in 2002

Best songs of 2002 →
  1. 1By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2AerialsSystem of a Down
  3. 3ToxicitySystem of a Down
  4. 4You Know You're RightNirvana
  5. 5All My LifeFoo Fighters
  6. 6SweetnessJimmy Eat World

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