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“Angry Johnny” by Poe

“Angry Johnny” by Poe appears on 31 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1996 and 2023. Its best result is #11 on the WBER Listener Countdown 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #38 alternative song of 1996, #1,271 alternative song of all time and #392 of the '90s.

31countdowns
15stations
#11best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1996–2023years charted

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POE - ANGRY JOHNNY (Music Video - Original 1995)

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"Angry Johnny" was Poe's first single, pulled from her debut album Hello, and it takes its sweet time: a slow, simmering rhythm with her vocals stacked in layers, a trick she leans on across much of the album. Matt Sorum produced it, and Billboard got a kick out of the lyrics and their clever, playful sexual double meanings.

Radio leaned on it hard, MTV kept the video in heavy rotation, and it climbed to number 7 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks. A "Full Band Version" came out as well, more acoustic than the album cut and heavy on cello, and the original landed on the Big Shiny Tunes album. In Australia it was the only commercial single, while promotional singles went out around the world.

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#StationCountdownof
1996 38 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 107
1996 46 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996 91
1996 49 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 101
1996 70 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 99
1996 103 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1996 107
1996 11 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1996 100
1996 79 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996 104
1996 27 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 96

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 518 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 455 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1620 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1621 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1621 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 350 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 1613 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1145 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1606 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1606 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1603 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 691 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 394 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 946 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 872 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 845 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 869 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 901 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 922 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 962 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 389 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 786 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2023 410 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420

Also listed as: Angry Jonny.

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