Song · Rancid
“Roots Radicals” by Rancid
From the album …And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
“Roots Radicals” by Rancid appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1994 and 2021. It was first released in 1995 on the album …And Out Come the Wolves. Its best result is #94 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #277 alternative song of 1994 and #7,131 alternative song of all time.
Rancid got two shots at "Roots Radicals": the punk band first put it out as a single in 1994, then cut it again and led off ...And Out Come the Wolves, their third album, with the new version, and the song climbed to number 27 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks. Tim Armstrong, Lars Frederiksen and Matt Freeman wrote it together; Armstrong and Frederiksen split the guitars and the vocals, Freeman plays bass and sings backup, and Brett Reed drums.
Jerry Finn produced it with the band, Michael Rosen engineered, Brett Gurewitz did extra recording and Andy Wallace mixed. The single's B-side, "I Wanna Riot", had already surfaced on Epitaph's Punk-O-Rama Vol. 1 compilation.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 94 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 907 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2021 | 629 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
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