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“Sex Type Thing” by Stone Temple Pilots

From the album Core (1992)

“Sex Type Thing” by Stone Temple Pilots appears on 60 radio countdowns from 25 stations between 1993 and 2026. It was first released in 1992 on the album Core. Its best result is #19 on the WFNX Top 50 Grunge Songs of All-Time (June 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #124 alternative song of 1993 and #594 alternative song of all time.

60countdowns
25stations
#19best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1993–2026years charted

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Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing (Official Music Video)

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"Sex Type Thing" was the first shot Stone Temple Pilots fired, the lead single from their 1992 debut Core on Atlantic, and it hits like a boot heel. Brendan O'Brien produced it, Dean DeLeo's guitar grinds out a riff as thick as tar, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz lock the groove down hard, and Scott Weiland snarls over the top in a voice pitched somewhere between menace and mockery.

The video is what shoved them into the grunge stampede. It put the band in a dungeon, Weiland freshly bleached blond, intercut with a dancer on a chain, a prom-dressed girl hemmed in by flames and a wild man dancing, and it gave MTV its first look at the dance that became his trademark. The clip got solid rotation and helped make STP a real contender.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1993 102 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993 107
1993 96 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993 105
1993 50 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 427 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 258 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 273 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 239 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1998 681 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 261 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 261 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 496 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 762 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 302 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 351 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 529 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2001 313 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 37 K-Rock K-Rock Top 92 Party Songs of All-Time (2002) 92
2002 19 WFNX WFNX Top 50 Grunge Songs of All-Time (June 2002) 50
2002 112 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 1506 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2004 255 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 182 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 110 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 51 WBCN WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) 104
2005 53 Live 105 Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of the '90s (August 2005) 106
2005 62 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 158 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 149 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 160 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2008 302 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2009 97 CFNY 102.1 The Edge The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge 200
2009 68 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2010 169 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) 200
2010 329 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2014 95 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 104 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 92 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2019 225 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 619 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2020 450 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 173 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 213 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 890 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 403 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2021 111 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2021 349 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2022 899 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 397 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 326 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2022 114 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 228 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2023 338 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 323 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 99 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 80 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2024 347 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 139 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 242 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2026 318 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500
2026 251 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

Charting alongside it in 1993

Best songs of 1993 →
  1. 1CannonballThe Breeders
  2. 2CreepRadiohead
  3. 3LingerThe Cranberries
  4. 4PlushStone Temple Pilots
  5. 5No RainBlind Melon
  6. 6Soul to SqueezeRed Hot Chili Peppers

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