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School of Fish

Band Los Angeles United States Active 1989–1994 US alternative rock band

School of Fish formed in 1989 in Los Angeles, United States and was active until 1994. School of Fish has 54 chart appearances on 45 radio countdowns from 16 stations on RockLists, spanning 1991–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “3 Strange Days”, which appears on 43 lists and was voted number one four times. In total the artist has topped 4 countdowns. The station that charted School of Fish most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 21 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1991.

54appearances
45countdowns
4songs charted
16stations
4#1 finishes
1991–2026years

School of Fish were a Los Angeles alternative rock band that burned briefly and brightly between 1989 and 1994, built around singer and guitarist Josh Clayton-Felt and guitarist Michael Ward, with Chad Fischer on drums. Their self-titled debut on Capitol in 1991 had the hit they will always be remembered for, "3 Strange Days", a dizzy, chiming rush of guitars with a psychedelic tilt, with "Wrong" alongside it.

Human Cannonball, with "Take Me Anywhere", followed in 1993, and a year later the band was gone, leaving two albums and one song that the countdowns have never let go of.

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

Songs by School of Fish on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 3 Strange Days
2,668		 43 #1 4 1991
2 Father Figure
357		 7 #969 – –
3 Take Me Anywhere
39		 2 #1021 – –
4 Wrong
34		 1 #72 – 1991

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2026 1021 Take Me Anywhere WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time
2026 994 3 Strange Days The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound
2023 377 3 Strange Days 105.9 The X July 420 (2023)
2023 555 3 Strange Days The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2022 429 3 Strange Days The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time
2022 139 3 Strange Days The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s
2021 318 3 Strange Days 105.9 The X July 420 (2021)
2021 597 3 Strange Days 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2020 348 3 Strange Days 105.9 The X July 420 (2020)
2014 149 3 Strange Days CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 145 3 Strange Days CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 141 3 Strange Days CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 133 3 Strange Days CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 118 3 Strange Days CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 112 3 Strange Days CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 148 3 Strange Days CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 350 3 Strange Days KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2006 285 3 Strange Days Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2005 6 3 Strange Days CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 972 Father Figure CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 640 3 Strange Days 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004 302 3 Strange Days The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)
2004 3 3 Strange Days CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 974 Father Figure CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 3 3 Strange Days CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 974 Father Figure CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002 1 3 Strange Days CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 989 Father Figure CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 635 3 Strange Days Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002 1503 Take Me Anywhere Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001 1 3 Strange Days CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 989 Father Figure CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000 1 3 Strange Days CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1020 Father Figure CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 94 3 Strange Days 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)
1999 264 3 Strange Days The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1 3 Strange Days CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 969 Father Figure CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 801 3 Strange Days CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999 255 3 Strange Days KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999)
1999 439 3 Strange Days WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1996 324 3 Strange Days Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996)
1995 825 3 Strange Days KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995)
1994 414 3 Strange Days KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994 147 3 Strange Days Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1992 179 3 Strange Days KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1992 222 3 Strange Days Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992)
1991 12 3 Strange Days KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991
1991 72 Wrong KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991
1991 25 3 Strange Days 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991
1991 9 3 Strange Days Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991
1991 34 3 Strange Days CFNY Top 91 Songs of 1991
1991 334 3 Strange Days CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)
1991 88 Artist ranking Live 105 Top 105 Artists of All-Time (1991)

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