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Sugar Ray

Band Newport Beach United States Formed 1986 US alternative rock band

Sugar Ray formed in 1986 in Newport Beach, United States. Sugar Ray has 102 chart appearances on 68 radio countdowns from 29 stations on RockLists, spanning 1997–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Fly”, which appears on 41 lists and was voted number one twice. In total the artist has topped 2 countdowns. The station that charted Sugar Ray most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 10 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1999.

102appearances
68countdowns
7songs charted
29stations
2#1 finishes
1997–2025years

Sugar Ray came out of Newport Beach, California, in 1986, and for their first stretch they were a heavy outfit, knocking out funk metal and nu metal with a frat-party grin. Mark McGrath and Rodney Sheppard have been there from the start, and Stan Frazier, Murphy Karges and DJ Homicide rounded out the lineup through the good years.

Then came "Fly", from 1997's Floored, and everything changed. It's a lazy, sun-bleached summer groove with a reggae lilt, about as far from mosh-pit funk metal as a band can get, and it turned them into a radio fixture. They took the hint and leaned all the way into breezy pop: 14:59, in 1999, delivered "Every Morning", "Someday" and "Falls Apart", and the self-titled album in 2001 added "Answer the Phone" and "When It's Over".

In the Pursuit of Leisure, in 2003, brought "Is She Really Going Out With Him?", and the band has kept going since, with McGrath and Sheppard now joined by Dean Butterworth and Kristian Attard, and Music for Cougars and Little Yachty bringing the tally to seven studio albums.

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

Songs by Sugar Ray on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Fly
2,179		 41 #1 2 1997
2 Every Morning
1,308		 29 #2 – 1999
3 Someday
779		 14 #20 – 1999
4 Falls Apart
412		 10 #20 – 1999
5 When It's Over
190		 3 #21 – 2001
6 Is She Really Going Out With Him?
30		 1 #76 – 2003
7 Answer the Phone
21		 1 #85 – 2001

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

97 98 99 00 01 03

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2025 488 Every Morning WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s
2024 85 Fly The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024)
2023 304 Fly 105.9 The X July 420 (2023)
2023 322 Every Morning 105.9 The X July 420 (2023)
2023 496 Fly WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023)
2022 323 Fly 105.9 The X July 420 (2022)
2022 402 Every Morning 105.9 The X July 420 (2022)
2021 319 Fly 105.9 The X July 420 (2021)
2021 411 Every Morning 105.9 The X July 420 (2021)
2021 449 Fly 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2021 590 Someday 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2020 281 Fly The DC101 Top 500
2020 358 Fly 105.9 The X July 420 (2020)
2020 397 Every Morning 105.9 The X July 420 (2020)
2019 492 Fly WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019)
2015 458 Fly WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015)
2014 426 Fly WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014)
2007 363 Fly KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2004 443 Fly The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)
2003 76 Is She Really Going Out With Him? The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003
2002 1769 Fly CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002 89 Artist ranking WLIR Top 92 Artists of All-Time (September 2002)
2001 45 When It's Over 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001
2001 21 When It's Over G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001
2001 44 When It's Over WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001
2001 85 Answer the Phone G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001
2001 1780 Fly CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001 84 Fly WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)
2001 250 Every Morning WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001)
2000 82 Falls Apart Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2000
2000 1779 Fly CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000 67 Fly Y100 Top 300 Songs of the '90s (September 2000)
2000 69 Fly DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s
1999 9 Every Morning KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999
1999 24 Someday KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999
1999 47 Falls Apart KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999
1999 20 Someday 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999
1999 59 Falls Apart 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999
1999 18 Every Morning Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999
1999 20 Falls Apart Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999
1999 41 Someday Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999
1999 11 Every Morning Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999
1999 25 Someday Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999
1999 50 Falls Apart Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999
1999 21 Someday WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999
1999 46 Every Morning WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999
1999 71 Falls Apart WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999
1999 69 Every Morning K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999
1999 84 Falls Apart K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999
1999 40 Every Morning WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999
1999 72 Someday WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999
1999 15 Every Morning The End Top 107 Songs of 1999
1999 62 Someday The End Top 107 Songs of 1999
1999 2 Every Morning 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999
1999 33 Someday 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999
1999 40 Falls Apart 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999
1999 46 Every Morning WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999
1999 63 Someday WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999
1999 98 Every Morning Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999
1999 8 Every Morning Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999
1999 37 Someday Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999
1999 53 Falls Apart Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999
1999 100 Fly 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)
1999 289 Every Morning 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)
1999 309 Someday 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)
1999 134 Fly Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 503 Every Morning Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 150 Fly WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 122 Fly WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999)
1999 523 Every Morning The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 637 Someday The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 966 Fly The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 1778 Fly CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999 362 Fly CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999 990 Every Morning CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)
1999 37 Fly KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999)
1999 83 Every Morning KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999)
1999 108 Fly WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1999 157 Every Morning WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1999 260 Someday WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1999 404 Falls Apart WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1999 39 Artist ranking KROQ Top 106.7 Artists of All-Time (Year End 1999)
1999 44 Artist ranking KROQ Top 106.7 Artists of All-Time (Memorial Day 1999)
1998 76 Every Morning KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998
1998 41 Every Morning 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998
1998 70 Every Morning Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998
1998 66 Every Morning WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1998
1998 78 Every Morning The End Top 107 Songs of 1998
1998 101 Every Morning DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998
1997 2 Fly KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997
1997 2 Fly 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997
1997 8 Fly Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997
1997 1 Fly Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997
1997 5 Fly WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997
1997 6 Fly The End Top 107 Songs of 1997
1997 1 Fly X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997
1997 5 Fly WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997
1997 11 Fly 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997
1997 13 Fly KEGL The Eagle's Top 97 Songs of 1997
1997 17 Fly KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997
1997 54 Fly WBER Listener Countdown 1997
1997 5 Fly Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997

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