Artist · chart history

Sponge

Band Detroit United States Formed 1991 U.S. post-grunge band

Sponge formed in 1991 in Detroit, United States. Sponge has 65 chart appearances on 45 radio countdowns from 16 stations on RockLists, spanning 1995–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Plowed”, which appears on 33 lists with a best position of #20. The station that charted Sponge most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 21 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1995.

65appearances

45countdowns

5songs charted

16stations

0#1 finishes

1995–2023years

Songs by Sponge on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Plowed	1,168	33	#20	–	1995
2	Molly	501	14	#17	–	1995
3	Molly (Sixteen Candles)	331	12	#10	–	1995
4	Wax Ecstatic	93	4	#67	–	1996
5	Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)	35	2	#86	–	1996

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

95 96 97

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2023	497	Plowed	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2014	1874	Plowed	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014	1972	Molly (Sixteen Candles)	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	1807	Plowed	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	1904	Molly (Sixteen Candles)	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011	1746	Plowed	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	1845	Molly (Sixteen Candles)	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	1678	Plowed	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	1770	Molly (Sixteen Candles)	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	450	Plowed	Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009)
2009	1639	Plowed	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	1732	Molly (Sixteen Candles)	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008	316	Plowed	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008)
2008	1623	Plowed	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	1714	Molly (Sixteen Candles)	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	1614	Plowed	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	1720	Molly (Sixteen Candles)	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	177	Plowed	KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2007	389	Molly	KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2006	487	Plowed	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)
2006	163	Plowed	Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006)
2005	1432	Molly	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	170	Plowed	The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)
2004	1434	Molly	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	299	Plowed	Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2003	1434	Molly	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	48	Plowed	WFNX Top 50 Grunge Songs of All-Time (June 2002)
2002	444	Plowed	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002	1448	Molly	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	805	Plowed	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1540	Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1718	Molly	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001	440	Plowed	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001	1450	Molly	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	291	Plowed	WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)
2001	349	Molly	WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)
2000	442	Plowed	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000	1445	Molly	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	192	Plowed	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	487	Molly	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	814	Wax Ecstatic	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	567	Plowed	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	445	Plowed	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999	1445	Molly	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	243	Plowed	KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999)
1999	397	Plowed	WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1999	431	Molly (Sixteen Candles)	WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1997	77	Molly	WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997
1996	101	Wax Ecstatic	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996
1996	67	Wax Ecstatic	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996
1996	74	Wax Ecstatic	The End Top 107 Songs of 1996
1996	86	Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)	Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996
1995	25	Plowed	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995
1995	42	Molly (Sixteen Candles)	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995
1995	55	Plowed	91X Top 91 Songs of 1995
1995	83	Molly (Sixteen Candles)	91X Top 91 Songs of 1995
1995	17	Molly	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995
1995	20	Plowed	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995
1995	17	Molly (Sixteen Candles)	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995
1995	39	Plowed	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995
1995	10	Molly (Sixteen Candles)	Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995
1995	22	Plowed	Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995
1995	27	Molly	WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995
1995	42	Plowed	WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995
1995	162	Plowed	Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995)