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“Hey Pretty” by Poe
“Hey Pretty” by Poe appears on 15 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2001 and 2014. Its best result is #49 on The End Top 107 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #119 alternative song of 2001 and #4,857 alternative song of all time.
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Poe first cut "Hey Pretty" for her 2000 album Haunted, producing it herself for Atlantic, and in that form it's a sultry, slinky pop rant about a woman who will go to any lengths to get satisfied. The version radio took to in 2001 is something else: the Drive-By Remix, with most of her vocals pulled and replaced by her brother, the author Mark Z. Danielewski, reading from his book House of Leaves.
It was born of a brush-off. In the post-Lilith Fair backlash alternative radio had little room for women, so when a program director at KNRK in Portland, Oregon, told her to cook up a crazy mix that fit his format and he'd play it once, she called her brother. The phones lit up, the station spun it 25 times that week, and the next week KROQ in Los Angeles had it.
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 | 49 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2001 | 107 |
| 2001 | 52 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2001 | 53 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2001 | 82 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 | 103 |
| 2001 | 57 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
| 2005 | 83 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 435 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2003 | 443 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) | 500 |
| 2007 | 1910 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1852 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1808 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1854 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1933 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1937 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1963 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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