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“The Underdog” by Spoon

“The Underdog” by Spoon appears on 38 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 2007 and 2026. Its best result is #3 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #40 alternative song of 2007 and #2,036 alternative song of all time.

38countdowns
16stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
3top 10 finishes
2007–2026years charted

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"The Underdog" led the charge for Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Spoon's sixth album, arriving on Merge as its first single on July 5, 2007. Frontman Britt Daniel wrote it and Jon Brion produced it with the band, and the result is a loose, grinning strut that sounds like it's winking at you. It reached No. 26 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, and that October the band brought it to Saturday Night Live.

It has kept finding its way onto movie screens ever since: Cloverfield in 2008, I Love You, Man and 17 Again in 2009, the opening and closing scenes of Horrible Bosses in 2011, and Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017. Keven McAllester directed the video.

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
2007 54 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007 91
2007 76 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007 106
2007 10 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 100
2007 28 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2007 107
2007 3 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 101
2007 53 KWOD Sacramento, CA KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007 106
2007 19 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2007 129
2007 25 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007 103
2007 9 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2007 837 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 818 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 62 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009) 101
2009 123 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2009 756 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 106 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2010 718 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 696 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 720 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 185 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2014 742 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 766 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2016 608 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2018 654 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2018 164 WTMD WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 896
2019 896 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2019 896 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2020 1116 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2022 176 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 481 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 585 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 732 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 106 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 469 The Current 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now 893
2025 88 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 78 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714
2025 248 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 814 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180
2026 91 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917

Also listed as: Underdog.

Charting alongside it in 2007

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