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“Prison Bound” by Social Distortion

From the album Prison Bound (1988)

“Prison Bound” by Social Distortion appears on 21 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1988 and 2014. It was first released in 1988 on the album Prison Bound. Its best result is #14 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #93 alternative song of 1988 and #1,225 alternative song of all time.

21countdowns
2stations
#14best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1988–2014years charted

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"Prison Bound" is the title track of Social Distortion's 1988 album, and it's Mike Ness's show: he wrote the words and music, sings lead and plays guitar alongside Dennis Danell. John Maurer holds down the bass and adds backing vocals, and Christopher Reece keeps the beat, while Chaz Ramirez produced and engineered it with the band.

It's punk with a swagger and a roll in its hips, a scowling song that's in no hurry to prove how fast it can go. Two stations' countdowns kept coming back to it, year after year.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 14 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 205 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1989 73 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1992 213 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 308 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1995 441 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1999 1303 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1303 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1294 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1293 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1278 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1278 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1278 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1223 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 312 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1295 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1301 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1341 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1401 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1419 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1456 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Charting alongside it in 1988

Best songs of 1988 →
  1. 1SuedeheadMorrissey
  2. 2DesireU2
  3. 3Beds are BurningMidnight Oil
  4. 4Route 66Depeche Mode
  5. 5Peek-A-BooSiouxsie and the Banshees
  6. 6Chains of LoveErasure

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