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Stabbing Westward

Band Macomb United States Formed 1985

Stabbing Westward formed in 1985 in Macomb, United States. Stabbing Westward has 93 chart appearances on 59 radio countdowns from 21 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Save Yourself”, which appears on 36 lists with a best position of #8. The station that charted Stabbing Westward most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 34 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1996.

93appearances
59countdowns
7songs charted
21stations
0#1 finishes
1996–2026years

Stabbing Westward took shape in Macomb, Illinois, in 1985, when Christopher Hall and Walter Flakus decided the Midwest needed a darker, noisier soundtrack. Hall sang and handled guitar, keyboards and drum machine, Flakus played keyboards, and the rest of the lineup rotated through the years, with Jim Sellers on bass and, from 1995, Andy Kubiszewski on drums. Their records on Columbia married grinding industrial textures to big, anguished, radio-sized choruses.

After an EP in 1992 and the debut Ungod in 1994, they broke out with Wither Blister Burn & Peel in 1996, where Hall's heartsick howling on "What Do I Have to Do?" and "Shame" sits on top of churning, mechanical guitars and synths. Darkest Days, in 1998, went even bleaker and brought the churning "Save Yourself". A self-titled album followed in 2001, with "So Far Away".

They announced the end in February 2002, but in 2016 Hall and company got back together to mark the band's anniversary and kept on playing live. Chasing Ghosts, their first new album in more than two decades, came out in 2022.

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

Songs by Stabbing Westward on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Save Yourself
1,090		 36 #8 – 1998
2 What Do I Have To Do?
846		 28 #9 – 1996
3 Shame
412		 10 #30 – 1996
4 So Far Away
268		 8 #57 – 2001
5 Ghost
106		 2 #32 – 2022
6 Sometimes It Hurts
68		 8 #75 – 1998
7 I Am Nothing
63		 1 #32 – 2021

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.

96 98 01 21 22

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2026 425 Save Yourself 101X 500 (2026)
2023 165 Save Yourself 105.9 The X July 420 (2023)
2022 32 Ghost WBER Listener Countdown 2022
2022 58 Ghost 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2022
2022 143 Save Yourself 105.9 The X July 420 (2022)
2022 372 Save Yourself 101X 500 (2022)
2022 464 What Do I Have To Do? X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time
2021 32 I Am Nothing WBER Listener Countdown 2021
2021 136 Save Yourself 105.9 The X July 420 (2021)
2021 397 What Do I Have To Do? 105.9 The X July 420 (2021)
2020 133 Save Yourself 105.9 The X July 420 (2020)
2020 357 What Do I Have To Do? 105.9 The X July 420 (2020)
2014 1633 Save Yourself CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 1573 Save Yourself CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 1513 Save Yourself CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011 1999 What Do I Have To Do? CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 1447 Save Yourself CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010 1924 What Do I Have To Do? CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 1420 Save Yourself CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009 1870 What Do I Have To Do? CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 1397 Save Yourself CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008 1837 What Do I Have To Do? CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 1359 Save Yourself CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 1847 What Do I Have To Do? CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007 446 What Do I Have To Do? KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2007 485 Shame KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2005 1508 What Do I Have To Do? CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 1821 Save Yourself CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 1849 Sometimes It Hurts CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005 591 What Do I Have To Do? 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004 348 Save Yourself The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)
2004 1509 What Do I Have To Do? CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 1827 Save Yourself CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004 1861 Sometimes It Hurts CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 1509 What Do I Have To Do? CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 1827 Save Yourself CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003 1859 Sometimes It Hurts CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002 1505 What Do I Have To Do? CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1853 Save Yourself CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 1896 Sometimes It Hurts CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 706 What Do I Have To Do? KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002)
2002 849 Save Yourself KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002)
2001 76 So Far Away KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001
2001 62 So Far Away Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001
2001 91 So Far Away Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2001 57 So Far Away The End Top 107 Songs of 2001
2001 77 So Far Away CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2001 62 So Far Away WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001
2001 94 (tie) So Far Away WBER Listener Countdown 2001
2001 83 So Far Away Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001
2001 1507 What Do I Have To Do? CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1867 Save Yourself CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 1911 Sometimes It Hurts CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000 1500 What Do I Have To Do? CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1860 Save Yourself CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 1910 Sometimes It Hurts CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 198 What Do I Have To Do? Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 490 Shame Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 763 Save Yourself Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 411 Save Yourself WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999)
1999 371 Save Yourself The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 773 Shame The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 840 What Do I Have To Do? The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1500 What Do I Have To Do? CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1860 Save Yourself CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1910 Sometimes It Hurts CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 756 Save Yourself CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999 751 What Do I Have To Do? KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999)
1999 939 Save Yourself KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999)
1999 403 Save Yourself WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1998 101 Save Yourself Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998
1998 90 Save Yourself WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998
1998 40 Save Yourself WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998
1998 38 Save Yourself The End Top 107 Songs of 1998
1998 87 Save Yourself The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998
1998 8 Save Yourself DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998
1998 64 Save Yourself WBER Listener Countdown 1998
1998 75 Sometimes It Hurts DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998
1998 45 Save Yourself Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998
1998 820 What Do I Have To Do? KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998)
1996 61 What Do I Have To Do? KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996
1996 102 Shame KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996
1996 50 Shame 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996
1996 9 What Do I Have To Do? Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996
1996 30 Shame Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996
1996 30 What Do I Have To Do? WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996
1996 27 What Do I Have To Do? The End Top 107 Songs of 1996
1996 68 Shame The End Top 107 Songs of 1996
1996 37 Shame WBER Listener Countdown 1996
1996 39 Shame WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996
1996 61 What Do I Have To Do? WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996
1996 37 What Do I Have To Do? Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996
1996 58 Shame Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996

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