Song · Superdrag
“Sucked Out” by Superdrag
From the album Regretfully Yours (1996)
“Sucked Out” by Superdrag appears on 20 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1996 and 2023. It was first released in 1996 on the album Regretfully Yours. Its best result is #29 on the WBER Listener Countdown 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #63 alternative song of 1996 and #2,794 alternative song of all time.
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"Sucked Out" kicked off Superdrag's debut album Regretfully Yours in 1996 as its first single on Elektra, and it's a power-pop grenade tossed into a room full of mopers. Don Coffey Jr., John Davis and Tom Pappas wrote it together, and they keep it short, sharp and relentless: buzzsaw guitars, a chorus that hits like a sugar rush, and a hook the band hammers home again and again without it ever going stale.
It reached number 17 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, and Pitchfork later singled it out as a welcome jolt of real melody at a time when murky post-grunge was clogging the mid-'90s alternative airwaves.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 104 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
| 1996 | 57 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 | 101 |
| 1996 | 76 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 | 99 |
| 1996 | 53 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
| 1996 | 86 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996 | 104 |
| 1996 | 29 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1996 | 100 |
| 1996 | 63 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 | 96 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 361 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2000 | 498 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) | 500 |
| 2001 | 492 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) | 498 |
| 2002 | 382 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2003 | 317 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) | 500 |
| 2005 | 387 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) | 500 |
| 2005 | 493 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2006 | 387 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) | 499 |
| 2020 | 359 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2021 | 339 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) | 420 |
| 2022 | 409 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 757 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 411 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
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