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“Hey Pretty (Drive-By 2001 Remix)” by Poe
“Hey Pretty (Drive-By 2001 Remix)” by Poe appears on 7 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2001 and 2005. Its best result is #20 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #150 alternative song of 2001 and #5,610 alternative song of all time.
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The "Drive-By 2001 Remix" of "Hey Pretty" exists because alternative radio wouldn't play women. The original, from Haunted, Poe's 2000 album, was a steamy pop tirade about a woman chasing sexual satisfaction however she could get it, but in 2001, with stations shying away from female-led acts in the backlash after Lilith Fair, program directors told her they liked the record and still wouldn't touch it. One, at KNRK in Portland, Oregon, promised to play it once if she made a mix that fit his format.
So Poe, who produced it herself, cut most of her vocals and called in her brother, the author Mark Z. Danielewski, to read from his hit book House of Leaves over the track. The phones lit up: the station had played it 25 times by the end of the week, KROQ in Los Angeles had it the week after, and it grew into a moderate radio hit on Atlantic.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 20 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 38 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 | 97 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1984 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1967 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1748 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1748 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1735 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
Also listed as: Hey Pretty (Drive By 2001 Remix); Hey Pretty (Drive By 2000 Remix).
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