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“Time Bomb” by Rancid

From the album …And Out Come the Wolves (1995)

“Time Bomb” by Rancid appears on 61 radio countdowns from 27 stations between 1995 and 2023. It was first released in 1995 on the album …And Out Come the Wolves. Its best result is #17 on The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #20 alternative song of 1995, #450 alternative song of all time and #158 of the '90s.

61countdowns
27stations
#17best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1995–2023years charted

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"Time Bomb" was the second single from ...And Out Come the Wolves, Rancid's third album, in 1995, and it's the band's ska side at full swagger: a bouncing, upstroke-happy strut that sounds like it was made for a sweaty basement packed wall to wall. Tim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen trade vocals and chop out the offbeat on guitar, Matt Freeman's bass runs all over the place and chips in backing vocals, and Brett Reed keeps the whole thing skanking tight.

Armstrong, Frederiksen and Freeman wrote it. Jerry Finn produced it with the band, Michael Rosen engineered, Brett Gurewitz handled additional recording and Andy Wallace mixed it for Epitaph. It went to number 8 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks.

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#StationCountdownof
1995 24 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 107
1995 31 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995 91
1995 55 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 101
1995 54 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 100
1995 18 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1995 50
1995 66 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 104
1995 17 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 103
1995 31 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 100
1995 43 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 95
1995 57 WDRE Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995 104
1996 58 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 466 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 229 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 205 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 152 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 388 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 490 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 803 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 364 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 1478 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 295 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 328 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1478 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1481 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1479 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 648 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1460 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 237 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 124 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 1460 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 179 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 69 Live 105 Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of the '90s (August 2005) 106
2005 1455 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 334 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2005 48 The Edge KEDJ Top 103 on Independent Radio 103
2006 107 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 133 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 88 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 1075 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 146 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 989 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 145 CFNY 102.1 The Edge The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge 200
2009 205 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 938 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 968 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 934 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 971 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 992 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 349 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 328 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 293 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 202 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 474 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 793 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 193 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 412 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 981 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2022 196 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 351 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 181 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 382 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500

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