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“Plowed” by Sponge

From the album Rotting Piñata (1994)

“Plowed” by Sponge appears on 55 radio countdowns from 26 stations between 1994 and 2026. It was first released in 1994 on the album Rotting Piñata. Its best result is #19 on the KISW 25 Greatest Rock Songs from 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #32 alternative song of 1995, #860 alternative song of all time and #268 of the '90s.

55countdowns
26stations
#19best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1994–2026years charted

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Plowed

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"Plowed" was the second single from Rotting Piñata, the 1994 debut by grunge hopefuls Sponge, and it's the one that put a boot through the door. The band produced it themselves with Tim Patalan co-producing, and Tim Palmer mixed it, giving the riff a thick, grinding heft and the chorus plenty of room to roar. All five members, Mike Cross, Tim Cross, Vinnie Dombroski, Joey Mazzola and Jimmy Paluzzi, share the writing credit.

It never came out as a commercial single in the US, but radio grabbed it anyway: number five on Modern Rock Tracks, number nine on Mainstream Rock Tracks. Tony Kunewalder's video set the band against people going about their day while a huge, menacing tornado looms nearby. Sponge came back to it more than once, re-recording it for Hits & B Sides, Volume Two and for their 2021 album Lavatorium.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 19 KISW Seattle-Tacoma, WA KISW 25 Greatest Rock Songs from 1994 25
1995 25 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 107
1995 55 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995 91
1995 20 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 101
1995 39 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 100
1995 49 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1995 50
1995 32 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 104
1995 89 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 103
1995 22 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 95
1995 42 WDRE Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 162 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1995 779 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 810 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1999 243 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 397 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 192 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 567 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 445 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
2000 442 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2001 440 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 291 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 48 WFNX WFNX Top 50 Grunge Songs of All-Time (June 2002) 50
2002 444 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 700 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 805 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2004 170 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 299 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 90 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 90s 96
2005 213 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 487 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 163 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 177 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 1614 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 316 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1623 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 450 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 1639 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1678 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1746 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1807 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1874 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 403 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 359 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 432 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 452 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 296 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 169 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 783 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 157 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 157 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 497 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 172 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 363 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 492 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2026 308 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

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