RockLists.com
Cover of Tiny Music… Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop by Stone Temple Pilots
Cover: Tiny Music… Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop

Song · Stone Temple Pilots

“Big Bang Baby” by Stone Temple Pilots

From the album Tiny Music… Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop (1996)

“Big Bang Baby” by Stone Temple Pilots appears on 44 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 1996 and 2023. It was first released in 1996 on the album Tiny Music… Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop. Its best result is #12 on The End Top 107 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #24 alternative song of 1996, #575 alternative song of all time and #253 of the '90s.

44countdowns
18stations
#12best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1996–2023years charted

Watch

Stone Temple Pilots - Big Bang Baby (Official Music Video)

Video from YouTube (Stone Temple Pilots). Pressing play loads YouTube's player. Watch on YouTube

"Big Bang Baby" was the first taste of Stone Temple Pilots' third album, Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, and in 1996 it arrived as a strutting, glammed-up rocker with a sly, bouncing swing. Robert DeLeo and Scott Weiland wrote it, Weiland handling the words and sneering them out with a showman's pout, while Robert plays bass and sings backing vocals, his brother Dean DeLeo whips up a bright, crunching guitar hook, and Eric Kretz keeps the groove swaggering.

Brendan O'Brien produced it and sat in on piano himself, a little barroom tinkle rattling around under the guitars that gives the song its cheeky, knowing grin.

Rock radio went for it in a big way. It topped Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, peaked at No. 2 on Modern Rock Tracks, reached No. 28 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart and climbed to No. 18 on Canada's RPM 100 Hit Tracks. It turned up again on the band's 2003 greatest-hits collection, Thank You.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 22 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 107
1996 17 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996 91
1996 20 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1996 25
1996 24 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 101
1996 62 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 99
1996 12 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1996 107
1996 26 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996 104
1996 25 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 96

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 246 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 275 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 355 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 501 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 340 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 911 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 342 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 345 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 336 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 345 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 718 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2003 345 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 365 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 345 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 232 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 46 WBCN WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) 104
2005 346 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 585 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 338 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 823 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 809 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 815 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 188 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) 200
2010 835 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 829 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 794 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 774 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 408 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 424 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 455 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 265 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 214 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 235 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 232 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 241 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 457 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500

Charting alongside it in 1996

Best songs of 1996 →
  1. 1Down311
  2. 2PepperButthole Surfers
  3. 3Where It's AtBeck
  4. 4SpiderwebsNo Doubt
  5. 5What I GotSublime
  6. 6MachineheadBush

Comments

Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about "Big Bang Baby" by Stone Temple Pilots.

Be kind and stay on topic. Guidelines

No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.