
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.
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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
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 63 | 94.1 The Zone | 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade | 210 |
| 2010 | 37 | WJRR | WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade | 101 |
| 2014 | 472 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
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