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“Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)” by Sponge
From the album Wax Ecstatic (1996)
“Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)” by Sponge appears on 9 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1996 and 2005. It was first released in 1996 on the album Wax Ecstatic. Its best result is #67 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #115 alternative song of 1996 and #4,284 alternative song of all time.
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Sponge picked the song that shares their second album's name, "Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)", as that record's first single in 1996, and it's a Vinnie Dombroski song top to bottom. Tim Patalan produced it with the band and Tim Palmer mixed. It gave the American band their third Hot 100 entry, peaking at 64, and climbed to 15 on Modern Rock Tracks and 11 on Mainstream Rock Tracks.
George Vale's video plays like a trashy little morality tale. Angelina, a roller derby skater who goes by Angel, wants to get better at her sport, so she buys gold capsules of Wax Ecstatic and starts popping them, with Dombroski himself as the pitchman selling the pills, the band playing, and plenty of '90s roller derby footage. By the end she's in a bout, caught in a collision and down on the floor.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 101 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
| 1996 | 67 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 | 101 |
| 1996 | 74 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
| 1996 | 80 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996 | 104 |
| 1996 | 86 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 | 96 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 997 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 814 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2002 | 1540 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2005 | 527 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
Also listed as: Wax Ecstatic; Wax Estatic.
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