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“Female of the Species” by Space

“Female of the Species” by Space appears on 30 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 1997 and 2025. Its best result is #22 on the X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #35 alternative song of 1997, #2,060 alternative song of all time and #280 of the '90s.

30countdowns
16stations
#22best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1997–2025years charted

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Female Of The Species

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Space put out "Female of the Species" on May 27, 1996, the fourth single from their debut album Spiders and only the second to count as a proper single. Frontman Tommy Scott wrote and sang it as a tribute to his late father, and he plays the lounge crooner to the hilt, all Perry Como and Frank Sinatra smoothness over a funky, Latin-flavored groove, while keyboardist Franny Griffiths scatters his trademark sound effects around the edges.

Under the sunny surface the jokes run pitch black, and the song borrows some of its mood and theme from the Walker Brothers' theme for the 1967 film Deadlier Than the Male. It went to 14 in the UK, collected a BPI silver certification in 2019, and was the only Space single to chart in both the US and Canada. At later shows, Scott would usually wander into the crowd to shake hands.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 56 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 107
1997 33 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 91
1997 34 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 34 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101
1997 99 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 100
1997 64 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 107
1997 71 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 103
1997 22 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 104
1997 53 KNRK Portland, OR KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 94
1997 24 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1997 99
1997 75 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997 100
1997 70 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 895 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 1551 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1539 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1540 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1537 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1541 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1541 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1539 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1273 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1258 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1273 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1195 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1246 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1292 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1347 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 259 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 472 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2025 87 Absolute Radio Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems 100

Also listed as: The Female of the Species; Female Of The Species; Female of The Species.

Charting alongside it in 1997

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  2. 2Walkin' On The SunSmash Mouth
  3. 3TubthumpingChumbawamba
  4. 4FlySugar Ray
  5. 5The Impression That I GetThe Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  6. 6Semi-Charmed LifeThird Eye Blind

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