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“Tribute” by Tenacious D
From the album Tenacious D (2001)
“Tribute” by Tenacious D appears on 12 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2002 and 2008. It was first released in 2001 on the album Tenacious D. Its best result is #37 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #87 alternative song of 2002 and #6,721 alternative song of all time.
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"Tribute" was the second single from Tenacious D's self-titled 2001 debut, released in 2002, and it's a song about a song: Jack Black and Kyle Gass saluting "The Greatest Song in the World", a name fans often mistake for this song's title.
The Dust Brothers produced, and the acoustic strum of Gass and Black swells into full hard-rock bombast, with Page McConnell on keyboards, Steve McDonald on bass and Warren Fitzgerald on electric guitar. It's a joke played with a straight face and real chops. America barely noticed, but Australia and New Zealand went mad for it: number four and number nine on their singles charts, and platinum certifications in Australia and the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 37 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002 | 91 |
| 2002 | 65 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 | 101 |
| 2002 | 66 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 44 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 | 107 |
| 2002 | 48 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 | 101 |
| 2002 | 46 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 | 99 |
| 2002 | 59 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 | 105 |
| 2002 | 92 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 170 | Q101 | Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2005 | 853 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2006 | 59 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006) | 107 |
| 2008 | 1984 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
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