Artist · chart history
Sprung Monkey
Band San Diego United States Formed 1995
Sprung Monkey formed in 1995 in San Diego, United States. Sprung Monkey has 14 chart appearances on 14 radio countdowns from 10 stations on RockLists, spanning 1998–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Get 'Em Outta Here”, which appears on 11 lists with a best position of #6. The station that charted Sprung Monkey most often is 91X (San Diego, CA / Tijuana), with 5 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1998.
Sprung Monkey came out of San Diego playing the kind of sunburned punk rock that sounds best blasting out of a van at the beach, with Steve Summers singing, Mike Summers and William Riley on guitars, Ryan Flores on bass and Ernie Longoria on drums. Long before radio caught on, their songs were all over Taylor Steele's surf movies, and the band turned up in person on the very first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, playing "Believe".
Their big moment came with Mr. Funny Face, their third album, released through Hollywood Records in 1998. "Get 'Em Outta Here" is a stomping, fists-up anthem, and it ended up in 10 Things I Hate About You and got them a support slot on the Offspring's Americana tour. Get a Taste followed in 2001 with "What's That You Say", while "Friends" played over the end credits of Not Another Teen Movie and the title track popped up in Van Wilder and King of the Hill. "So Cal Loco (Party Like a Rockstar)" rolled over the credits of Dude, Where's My Car?, which just about sums up the band's gift: pure, loud, good-time noise for teenagers with nowhere to be.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Sprung Monkey on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get 'Em Outta Here | 11 | #6 | – | 1998 | |
| 2 | Coconut | 1 | #50 | – | 1999 | |
| 3 | What's That You Say | 1 | #52 | – | 2001 | |
| 4 | Socal Loco | 1 | #58 | – | 2000 |
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.
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