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“Bother” by Stone Sour

From the album Stone Sour (2002)

“Bother” by Stone Sour appears on 24 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 2002 and 2026. It was first released in 2002 on the album Stone Sour. Its best result is #6 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #59 alternative song of 2002, #4,306 alternative song of all time and #417 of the '00s.

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"Bother" made its debut on the Spider-Man soundtrack credited to Corey Taylor alone, but the billing later switched to Stone Sour, and it became the second single from the band's self-titled 2002 debut. Frontman Taylor wrote the lyric and co-produced it with James "Jimbo" Barton, who engineered with Patrick Thrasher and mixed it, while Steve Richards added production.

Taylor has said it's about moving back to Des Moines from Denver, where he had hoped to push his music forward, and it was one of the first songs to carry Stone Sour into the mainstream. The single's cover shows his hands and two rings: a Spider-Man ring nodding to the soundtrack and his superhero fandom, and one bearing the number eight, his number in Slipknot. In 2024 he revisited it as "Bother '23 (Still Not Bothered)" for a Record Store Day compilation.

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

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 91 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 36 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 27 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 59 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 85 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 26 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 71 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 20 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 6 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 106
2002 71 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2002 34 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 104
2002 68 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2002 51 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99
2003 59 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 12 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 107
2003 42 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 858 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2005 268 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2010 70 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2010 48 WJRR WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade 101
2022 434 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2025 382 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2025 91 94.1 WJJO WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 100
2026 488 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Charting alongside it in 2002

Best songs of 2002 →
  1. 1By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2AerialsSystem of a Down
  3. 3ToxicitySystem of a Down
  4. 4You Know You're RightNirvana
  5. 5All My LifeFoo Fighters
  6. 6SweetnessJimmy Eat World

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