Song · Pennywise
“Alien” by Pennywise
From the album Straight Ahead (1999)
“Alien” by Pennywise appears on 11 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1999 and 2008. It was first released in 1999 on the album Straight Ahead. Its best result is #16 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #80 alternative song of 1999, #3,038 alternative song of all time and #400 of the '90s.
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"Alien" was a single from Straight Ahead, the fifth studio album Pennywise put out on Epitaph in 1999, with Jerry Finn producing. The writing credit is split four ways, between Jim Lindberg, Fletcher Dragge, Randy Bradbury and Byron McMackin, which makes it a band song through and through.
The album around it drew strong notices. Ox-Fanzine called it fast, direct and powerful, CMJ New Music Report heard its anger sharpening the metallic riffs and the drumming rather than burying them, and the Phoenix New Times traced its roots to West Coast surfer-skater party punk.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 16 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 41 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 | 91 |
| 1999 | 58 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 51 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 76 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1999 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 138 | KROQ | KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) | 300 |
| 1999 | 836 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2006 | 116 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2006 | 350 | Live 105 | Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2007 | 71 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
| 2008 | 58 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) | 500 |
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