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Tenacious D

Band Los Angeles United States Formed 1994 American comedy rock duo

Tenacious D formed in 1994 in Los Angeles, United States. Tenacious D has 30 chart appearances on 29 radio countdowns from 12 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2013. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Tribute”, which appears on 12 lists with a best position of #37. The station that charted Tenacious D most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.

30appearances

29countdowns

4songs charted

12stations

0#1 finishes

2001–2013years

Jack Black and Kyle Gass started Tenacious D in Los Angeles in 1994 and have been insisting, at full volume, that they are the greatest band on earth ever since. They worked the LA clubs until David Cross invited them to open the live version of Mr. Show, which led to their own HBO series, produced by Cross and Bob Odenkirk. By the end of the '90s they were opening for Tool, Pearl Jam and Beck, and had made a pal of Dave Grohl, turning up in the Foo Fighters' "Learn to Fly" video.

Epic signed them in 2000, and the self-titled debut the next year dressed up Gass's acoustic strumming with a full band, Grohl on drums. Black sings like he's auditioning for a rock opera nobody commissioned, belting out the duo's supposed musical genius and bedroom prowess, their friendship and their weed. "Tribute" became a cult favourite and won them fans in the UK, Sweden and Australia.

Their 2006 movie, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, flopped, but the tour behind it played arenas including Madison Square Garden, and Rize of the Fenix poked fun at the flop in 2012. Their cover of "The Last in Line", made for a Ronnie James Dio tribute album, won the Grammy for Best Metal Performance. In July 2024 the band cut short its tour and paused all creative work after backlash over an improvised joke Gass made on stage in Sydney about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

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

Songs by Tenacious D on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Tribute	462	12	#37	–	2002
2	Wonder Boy	301	16	#8	–	2001
3	Roadie	86	1	#13	–	2012
4	The Pick of Destiny	1	1	#89	–	2006

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

2001Tenacious D1 charting song

Year-end chart timeline

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

01 02 06 12

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2013	2010	Wonder Boy	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2012	13	Roadie	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2012
2011	1962	Wonder Boy	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	1953	Wonder Boy	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	2008	Wonder Boy	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008	1981	Wonder Boy	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	1984	Tribute	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	1995	Wonder Boy	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2006	88.5	The Pick of Destiny	Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006
2006	59	Tribute	The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006)
2005	1714	Wonder Boy	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	853	Tribute	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004	170	Tribute	Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004)
2004	1723	Wonder Boy	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	1723	Wonder Boy	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	37	Tribute	91X Top 91 Songs of 2002
2002	65	Tribute	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2002	66	Tribute	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002	44	Tribute	The End Top 107 Songs of 2002
2002	48	Tribute	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2002	46	Tribute	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002
2002	59	Tribute	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002
2002	59	Wonder Boy	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002
2002	92	Tribute	Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002
2002	1947	Wonder Boy	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	106	Wonder Boy	The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial)
2001	8	Wonder Boy	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
2001	60	Wonder Boy	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001
2001	62	Wonder Boy	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001
2001	1964	Wonder Boy	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)

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