Song · Sparta
“Cut Your Ribbon” by Sparta
From the album Wiretap Scars (2002)
“Cut Your Ribbon” by Sparta appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations in 2002. It was first released in 2002 on the album Wiretap Scars. Its best result is #34 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #135 alternative song of 2002.
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Sparta opened their 2002 debut album, Wiretap Scars, with "Cut Your Ribbon" and made it their first single, a wiry jolt of alternative rock on DreamWorks that Jerry Finn produced and mixed. The album take has a raw, in-the-room tone, as if the band were tearing through it on a stage, and a second version exists with plenty of changes, the lyrics above all. Jim Ward, Tony Hajjar and Paul Hinojos share the writing credit, with Alex Aligizakis and Joe McGrath engineering.
Critics went for it, praising the playing and the vocal, and Sophie Muller directed the video. Ward, for his part, has said he rarely does it live: it's brutally hard to sing, he explained, and at his age singing it feels awful.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 96 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 | 106 |
| 2002 | 95 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 94 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 | 107 |
| 2002 | 100 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 | 101 |
| 2002 | 34 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2002 | 224 |
| 2002 | 53 | Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT | WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 | 104 |
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