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“Control” by Puddle of Mudd

From the album Come Clean (2001)

“Control” by Puddle of Mudd appears on 33 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 2001 and 2026. It was first released in 2001 on the album Come Clean. Its best result is #3 on the 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #15 alternative song of 2001, #2,588 alternative song of all time and #151 of the '00s.

33countdowns
24stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
3top 10 finishes
2001–2026years charted

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"Control" was Puddle of Mudd's calling card in 2001: their first single and the song that kicked off the campaign for their debut album, Come Clean, on Geffen. Wes Scantlin wrote it with Brad Stewart, and it's pure post-grunge muscle, a sludgy, stop-start riff and a chorus Scantlin spits out through clenched teeth.

The subject was his own love life. Scantlin told MTV the song came out of a relationship with someone as wild as he was, where the physical side was great and everything else was a fight, and it ends with him deciding the payoff isn't worth the head games. He admitted he wasn't sure the label, or his own bandmates, would go for lyrics that frank. It climbed to number three on both the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts, and the WWF used it for Survivor Series that year.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2001 31 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 107
2001 13 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001 91
2001 24 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101
2001 9 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001 100
2001 21 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 93
2001 17 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001 100
2001 18 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2001 107
2001 13 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 89
2001 20 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 30 Songs of 2001 30
2001 17 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 99
2001 9 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001 106
2001 18 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 41 Songs of 2001 40
2001 16 99X Atlanta, GA 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 99
2001 16 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 97
2001 32 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 103
2001 24 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 100
2002 17 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 34 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 66 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2002 574 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2004 292 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 173 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2010 3 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2010 30 WJRR WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade 101
2014 213 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 242 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 355 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2022 367 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2022 425 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2023 310 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 359 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2025 357 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2026 422 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

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