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“Walkin' On The Sun” by Smash Mouth

From the album Fush Yu Mang (1997)

“Walkin' On The Sun” by Smash Mouth appears on 50 radio countdowns from 25 stations between 1997 and 2024. It was first released in 1997 on the album Fush Yu Mang. Its best result is #1 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #2 alternative song of 1997, #1,326 alternative song of all time and #24 of the '90s.

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"Walkin' on the Sun" introduced Smash Mouth to the world in 1997, the debut single from their first album, Fush Yu Mang, produced by Eric Valentine. It sounds like a thrift-store party record, all retro swagger and psychedelic-soul strut, with Steve Harwell crooning over a groove that refuses to quit.

Underneath the grin, though, guitarist Greg Camp wrote it in the shadow of the Rodney King case, as a plea for everybody to get along at a time when the world felt to him like a planet in flames. Bassist Paul De Lisle has said the first version leaned much closer to rap. It went all the way to the top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart and did good business abroad too, from Canada to Australia.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 5 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 107
1997 1 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 91
1997 5 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 3 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101
1997 3 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 100
1997 4 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 107
1997 12 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 106
1997 49 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1997 99
1997 8 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 104
1997 4 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 103
1997 32 97.1 The Eagle Dallas-Fort Worth, TX KEGL The Eagle's Top 97 Songs of 1997 97
1997 3 KNRK Portland, OR KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 94
1997 11 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997 100
1997 4 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97
1998 63 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 106
1998 83 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 61 DC101 Washington, D.C. DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 101
1998 63 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 103
1998 63 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 102

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 54 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 166 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 127 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 339 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 104 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 250 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 194 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1756 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 734 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 27 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of the '90s (September 2000) 100
2000 66 DC101 DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s 101
2000 1756 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1756 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 157 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 1745 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 124 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2003 1728 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 498 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 1728 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1730 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 348 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2014 371 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 401 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 451 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 281 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 311 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 673 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 296 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 283 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 477 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 71 107.7 The End The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024) 100

Also listed as: Walkin' on the Sun; Walking on the Sun; Walkin' On the Sun; Walking On The Sun; Walkin on the Sun.

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