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“Lady Picture Show” by Stone Temple Pilots

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

“Lady Picture Show” by Stone Temple Pilots appears on 35 radio countdowns from 16 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 #36 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #97 alternative song of 1996 and #1,174 alternative song of all time.

35countdowns
16stations
#36best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1996–2023years charted

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Stone Temple Pilots - Lady Picture Show (Official Music Video)

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Stone Temple Pilots made "Lady Picture Show" the third single from their third album, Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, in 1996, and there's a hard story underneath it. Robert DeLeo wrote the music and adds backing vocals behind Scott Weiland, who wrote the words; in his autobiography Not Dead and Not for Sale, Weiland explained that it's about a dancer who survives a horrific gang rape and finds love, yet still can't get free of that pain.

Dean DeLeo plays guitar and Eric Kretz drums and percussion, and producer Brendan O'Brien added percussion too. It gave the band their third consecutive number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Josh Taft's video dresses it up as an old black-and-white peep-show film that flares into fuzzy '60s-style color during Dean's guitar solo.

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

RockLists rankings

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Indie & Adult Alternative

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 98 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 107
1996 42 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996 91
1996 36 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 99
1996 102 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1996 107
1996 87 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 96
1997 77 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 103
1997 76 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 999 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 1548 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 520 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 1549 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1549 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 452 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 1545 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1549 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1549 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 94 WBCN WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) 104
2005 1548 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 631 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 311 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 449 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 940 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 925 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 940 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 198 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) 200
2010 970 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 999 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 997 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1012 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2016 925 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2020 270 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 812 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 273 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 268 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 255 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420

Charting alongside it in 1996

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