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“Nobody's Real” by Powerman 5000
From the album Tonight the Stars Revolt! (1999)
“Nobody's Real” by Powerman 5000 appears on 8 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1999 and 2000. It was first released in 1999 on the album Tonight the Stars Revolt!. Its best result is #31 on the KEDJ Millennium Meltdown Countdown 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #132 alternative song of 2000 and #6,779 alternative song of all time.
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"Nobody's Real" comes off Tonight the Stars Revolt!, the 1999 Powerman 5000 album on Geffen, and it arrives buffed to a chrome finish. The band wrote the music and Spider One the words, and they produced it with Sylvia Massy, while Scott Humphrey added extra production and mixed it with Frank Gryner, with Joe Barresi on hand for additional engineering.
The song also landed on the soundtrack of the film End of Days, and its video plays like a comic book come to life: a young boy stumbles on a robotic mask that hands him supernatural powers, directed by David Meyers and Spider One himself. When the band hit the road in early 2000, they reworked it as an encore.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 89 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 2000 | 93 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2000 | 105 |
| 2000 | 85 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2000 | 93 |
| 2000 | 74 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 31 | The Edge Phoenix, AZ | KEDJ Millennium Meltdown Countdown 2001 | 50 |
| 2000 | 75 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K | 102 |
| 2000 | 87 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2000 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 913 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
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