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“Soul to Squeeze” by Red Hot Chili Peppers

From the EP Give It Away EP (1992)

“Soul to Squeeze” by Red Hot Chili Peppers appears on 81 radio countdowns from 34 stations between 1993 and 2026. It was first released in 1992 on the EP Give It Away EP. Its best result is #9 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #6 alternative song of 1993, #244 alternative song of all time and #133 of the '90s.

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34stations
#9best position
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2top 10 finishes
1993–2026years charted

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"Soul to Squeeze" is the one that got away from Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded it during the sessions for that fifth album but left it off, tucking it away as a B-side on the "Give It Away" and "Under the Bridge" singles, and it only got its moment in the sun in 1993, when it turned up on the Coneheads soundtrack and Warner Bros. released it as a single.

Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis and Chad Smith wrote it together, Rick Rubin produced it and Brendan O'Brien engineered it. It's the band in their gentlest, most bittersweet mode: a lazy, loping groove, a warm, wistful melody, no thrash and no strut, just a sun-bleached ache that sits somewhere between a lullaby and a hangover.

For a leftover it did remarkably well. It went to number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, reached 22 on the Hot 100 and seven on Album Rock Tracks, and made the top 10 in Australia, Canada, Iceland and New Zealand. In Sweden it became the first Chili Peppers single to chart at all, peaking at 13, and it later earned a spot on the band's 2003 Greatest Hits.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1993 10 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993 107
1993 14 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993 91
1993 21 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993 105
1993 9 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993 101
1993 13 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 208 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 232 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1999 148 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 45 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 53 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 233 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 338 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 421 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 366 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 100 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of the '90s (September 2000) 100
2000 93 The Edge KEDJ Countdown 2000 (106 songs) 106
2001 98 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 46 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2003 72 91X 91X Top 91 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 91
2004 197 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 141 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 47 Live 105 Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of the '90s (August 2005) 106
2005 37 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 90s 96
2005 53 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 286 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 42 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 70 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 223 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 57 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 182 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 44 CFNY 102.1 The Edge The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge 200
2009 56 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 178 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 63 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) 200
2010 37 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) 200
2010 173 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 175 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 26 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time 102
2013 174 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 341 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 180 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 644 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 379 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2014 365 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 340 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 209 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 334 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2016 465 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2018 295 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 379 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 161 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 472 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 244 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 83 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 200 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 290 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 169 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2021 191 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 71 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2021 451 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 276 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2022 208 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 77 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 695 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 314 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2022 390 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 257 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 1010 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 72 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 155 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 257 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 79 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 255 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 318 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 179 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2024 155 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 444 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 164 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2025 614 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2026 94 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500
2026 465 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Soul To Squeeze.

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