Cover of Welcome by Taproot
Cover: Welcome

Song · Taproot

“Poem” by Taproot

From the album Welcome (2002)

“Poem” by Taproot appears on 22 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2002 and 2014. It was first released in 2002 on the album Welcome. Its best result is #19 on the WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #86 alternative song of 2002, #7,350 alternative song of all time and #437 of the '00s.

22countdowns
18stations
#19best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
2002–2014years charted

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"Poem" led Taproot's second major-label album, Welcome, out the door in 2002, and it's the sound of an alternative metal band discovering that a hook can hit as hard as a breakdown. The song was already written before the sessions began: the band arrived with thirty songs ready, and producer Toby Wright pared them down to four and sent them off to write fifteen more. Stephen Richards sings and plays guitar alongside Mike DeWolf, Phil Lipscomb holds down the bass and Jarrod Montague drums, and Andy Wallace's mix keeps it taut, loud and built for car stereos.

It became Taproot's most successful single, reaching number five on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, and the song and its video were all over the airwaves for months afterward.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 85 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 68 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 52 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 69 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 64 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 48 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 93 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 19 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 106
2002 75 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2002 224
2002 65 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 104
2002 87 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2002 89 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99
2002 25 KNAC Los Angeles, CA KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 105
2003 53 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 49 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003 92
2003 32 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 60 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 46 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003 50
2003 22 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100

All-time and decade countdowns

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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