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Primitive Radio Gods

Band Ventura United States Formed 1991

Primitive Radio Gods formed in 1991 in Ventura, United States. Primitive Radio Gods has 53 chart appearances on 53 radio countdowns from 22 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand”, which appears on 44 lists with a best position of #8. The station that charted Primitive Radio Gods most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1996.

53appearances
53countdowns
4songs charted
22stations
0#1 finishes
1996–2026years

Primitive Radio Gods are an alternative rock band out of Southern California, formed in 1991 and fronted by Chris O'Connor, who sings and plays bass. Their lineup has also included percussionist Tim Lauterio and Luke McAuliffe, who adds guitars, violins and piano, and who created much of the art for their albums and website.

They are forever tied to one song with a title long enough to eat up a DJ's whole back-announce: "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand", from the 1996 album Rocket. It's a slow, hypnotic drift of a record, O'Connor's weary murmur floating over a lazy groove, and it sounded like nothing else on the dial. The song went to number one on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, and the countdowns have carried it, under every possible abbreviation of that title, ever since.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Primitive Radio Gods on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand
2,001		 44 #8 – 1996
2 Standing Outside A Broken Phone...
151		 7 #1568 – –
3 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth in a Small Town
27		 1 #365 – –
4 Standing Outside a Broken...
4		 1 #481 – –

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2026 1131 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time
2023 310 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand 105.9 The X July 420 (2023)
2023 364 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023
2023 484 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023)
2023 194 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2023 711 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places
2022 314 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand 105.9 The X July 420 (2022)
2022 151 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2021 309 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand 105.9 The X July 420 (2021)
2021 69 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2020 288 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand 105.9 The X July 420 (2020)
2020 459 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand The DC101 Top 500
2019 469 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019)
2015 419 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015)
2014 700 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014 398 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014)
2013 669 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 641 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 622 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 481 Standing Outside a Broken... Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009)
2009 602 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 473 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008)
2008 625 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 684 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 223 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2006 398 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)
2006 465 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2005 1568 Standing Outside A Broken Phone... CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 580 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004 463 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)
2004 1573 Standing Outside A Broken Phone... CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 1573 Standing Outside A Broken Phone... CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002 1569 Standing Outside A Broken Phone... CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1309 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 1576 Standing Outside A Broken Phone... CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 365 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth in a Small Town WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)
2000 1576 Standing Outside A Broken Phone... CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 87 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s
1999 241 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 557 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1576 Standing Outside A Broken Phone... CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 256 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999)
1999 227 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1996 23 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996
1996 80 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996
1996 13 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1996
1996 13 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996
1996 8 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996
1996 15 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand The End Top 107 Songs of 1996
1996 27 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996
1996 50 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand WBER Listener Countdown 1996
1996 36 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996
1996 10 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996

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