Song · Soul Coughing
“Soft Serve” by Soul Coughing
From the album Irresistible Bliss (1996)
“Soft Serve” by Soul Coughing appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1997 and 2023. It was first released in 1996 on the album Irresistible Bliss. Its best result is #71 on the WBER Listener Countdown 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #290 alternative song of 1997.
"Soft Serve" comes from Irresistible Bliss, the second Soul Coughing album, released in July 1996, and it carries the marks of how that record got made. Tchad Blake, who had produced Ruby Vroom, was meant to produce again until a death in his family took him away, and frontman Mike Doughty, then billed as M. Doughty, hired David Kahne anyway, despite protests from his bandmates and from Slash/Warner Bros. After Ruby Vroom's wild sonics, Doughty wanted something wound tight, trembly and New Wave-tinged.
The band tracked the album at Manhattan's Power Station in eleven days. Kahne produced this one with the band, Doughty shares the writing with Soul Coughing, and Blake, back as one of the album's three mixers, handled "Soft Serve". "Super Bon Bon" was the album's hit, but this one picked up some selective radio play of its own.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 98 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 71 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1997 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 138 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) | 144 |
| 2023 | 846 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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