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“Caress Me Down” by Sublime

From the album Sublime (1996)

“Caress Me Down” by Sublime appears on 23 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1997 and 2026. It was first released in 1996 on the album Sublime. Its best result is #24 on the KEDJ Top 103 on Independent Radio. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #159 alternative song of 1998, #1,635 alternative song of all time and #431 of the '90s.

23countdowns
11stations
#24best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1997–2026years charted

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"Caress Me Down" sits on Sublime's self-titled 1996 album, and it wears its borrowed parts proudly. Eric Wilson's bass line rides the Sleng Teng riddim from Wayne Smith's 1985 "Under Me Sleng Teng", and most of the words and melody come from Clement Irie's own "Caress Me Down", an '80s 12-inch. Bradley Nowell sings it in a loose mix of Spanish and English over his electric guitar, Bud Gaugh's drums and Marshall Goodman's percussion, while David Kahne produced, mixed and played organ, with Eddie Ashworth engineering.

Never released as a single, it became a staple of alternative radio anyway, KROQ included. Since the early 2020s it has largely disappeared from playlists because of the sexual assault allegations against Ron Jeremy, who is named in the opening verse.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 54 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 107
1997 85 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 104
1998 47 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 107
1998 69 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 129 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 101 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 759 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
2001 406 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 998 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2004 74 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 101 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2005 24 The Edge KEDJ Top 103 on Independent Radio 103
2006 247 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 440 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 68 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2008 152 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2009 211 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2014 467 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 423 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 437 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2022 266 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 418 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2026 329 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

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