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“The W.A.N.D.” by The Flaming Lips
Released 2006
“The W.A.N.D.” by The Flaming Lips appears on 14 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2006 and 2024. It was first released in 2006. Its best result is #3 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #103 alternative song of 2006 and #1,720 alternative song of all time.
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"The W.A.N.D.", short for "The Will Always Negates Defeat", is The Flaming Lips' fists-up rallying cry from their 2006 album At War with the Mystics, and it hit online stores such as iTunes on January 10, 2006. Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins wrote it, and it stomps: a heavy, fuzzed groove under a title that reads like a battle cry.
A US CD single followed in March with two unreleased B-sides: a new studio take on "You Got to Hold On" and "Time Travel... Yes!!", with a digitally altered Steve Burns musing on time travel. The band first played it live at the Langerado festival in Fort Lauderdale. It later scored Dell Inspiron commercials and the Major League Baseball 2K8 soundtrack.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 90 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
| 2006 | 3 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
| 2006 | 62 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 88.5 Songs of 2006 | 89 |
| 2006 | 48 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2006 | 103 |
| 2007 | 25 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2007 | 129 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 508 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 535 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 477 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 431 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 415 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 409 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 406 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2022 | 435 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 493 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
Also listed as: The Wand.
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