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“Put A Lid On It” by Squirrel Nut Zippers
From the album Hot (1996)
“Put A Lid On It” by Squirrel Nut Zippers appears on 11 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1997 and 2022. It was first released in 1996 on the album Hot. Its best result is #78 on the KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #255 alternative song of 1997 and #4,765 alternative song of all time.
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"Put a Lid on It" comes from Hot, the second album by the retro swing band Squirrel Nut Zippers, released in June 1996, and it's a fine example of what that record did: big band sounds played with a straight face and a wink in the words. Tom Maxwell wrote it, music and lyrics both, and Mike Napolitano and Brian Paulson recorded it.
Hot followed the band's well-received debut, The Inevitable, and critics liked the jokes and the way the music reached across generations. The album went top 30 on the Billboard 200 and went Platinum, with "Hell" as its single, which makes this one of the record's deeper cuts that radio kept finding anyway.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 87 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 | 91 |
| 1997 | 80 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 | 105 |
| 1997 | 78 | KNRK Portland, OR | KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 | 94 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1820 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1822 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1826 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1813 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1792 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1792 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1792 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2022 | 444 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
Also listed as: Put a Lid on It; Put a Lid On It.
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