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“Still Waiting” by Sum 41

From the album Does This Look Infected? (2002)

“Still Waiting” by Sum 41 appears on 30 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 2002 and 2022. It was first released in 2002 on the album Does This Look Infected?. Its best result is #2 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #50 alternative song of 2002, #3,553 alternative song of all time and #84 of the '00s.

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#2best position
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2002–2022years charted

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"Still Waiting" kicked off Sum 41's second album, Does This Look Infected?, as its lead single in 2002, and it very nearly didn't make the record. Deryck Whibley wrote it at the last minute, once he'd dreamed up the tune for the chorus, and he knocked it out fast, aiming for an anthem that railed at everything in the tense political mood after 9/11. Greig Nori produced, and it hits hard and fast, shouted and tight, with barely a breath between the riffs.

Not everyone bought the rage: Drowned in Sound's Gareth Dobson waved it off as knockoff Offspring. The video had more fun, sending up the Strokes' "Last Nite" with the band in matching Hives-style outfits, an idea Julian Casablancas himself egged on after he and Whibley talked about all those bands with numbers and "the" in their names.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 67 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 52 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002 91
2002 49 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 62 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 17 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 88 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 33 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 59 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 48 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 36 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 54 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2002 49 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 91 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2002 74 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2002 224
2003 47 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 107
2003 40 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 106
2003 15 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 30 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 27 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 64 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 11 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 37 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 105
2003 18 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003 103
2003 21 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 104
2003 2 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003 50
2003 19 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2009 76 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) 200
2010 105 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 200
2010 57 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2022 76 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500

Charting alongside it in 2002

Best songs of 2002 →
  1. 1By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2AerialsSystem of a Down
  3. 3ToxicitySystem of a Down
  4. 4You Know You're RightNirvana
  5. 5All My LifeFoo Fighters
  6. 6SweetnessJimmy Eat World

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