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“Love Rollercoaster” by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released 1996

“Love Rollercoaster” by Red Hot Chili Peppers appears on 33 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1996 and 2024. It was first released in 1996. Its best result is #15 on the KISW 25 Greatest Soundtrack Songs in Rock. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #137 alternative song of 1997 and #705 alternative song of all time.

33countdowns
15stations
#15best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1996–2024years charted

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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Love Rollercoaster [Official Music Video]

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Love Rollercoaster" came from the soundtrack to the 1996 animated film Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, and it's a cover: the song belongs to the Ohio Players, who first put it out on their 1975 album Honey. The Peppers produced their version themselves with Sylvia Massy.

Funk was the original's native language, and the Peppers speak it fluently here. The bass pops and slides, the guitar scratches out choppy rhythm, and the whole band leans into the groove as if they'd just been waiting for an excuse. It's a goofy, sweaty party record made for a goofy cartoon, and it never pretends to be anything more, which is exactly why it works.

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

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 90 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996 91
1996 99 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 101
1997 55 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 55 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 242 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 300 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 210 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 276 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 256 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
2001 433 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 121 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2002 604 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2004 46 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 111 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 266 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 282 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 175 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 308 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 153 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 38 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 38 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 383 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 38 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 38 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 38 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 42 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 46 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2020 372 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 343 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2021 15 KISW KISW 25 Greatest Soundtrack Songs in Rock 25
2022 347 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 311 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2024 193 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850

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