Artist · chart history
The Flys
Band Hollywood United States Active 1994–2012 US rock band
The Flys formed in 1994 in Hollywood, United States and was active until 2012. The Flys has 36 chart appearances on 36 radio countdowns from 16 stations on RockLists, spanning 1998–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Got You (Where I Want You)”, which appears on 28 lists with a best position of #20. The station that charted The Flys most often is 107.7 The End (Seattle, WA), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1998.
The Flys came out of Hollywood in 1994, started by brothers Adam and Josh Paskowitz, sons of Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, the patriarch of a family famous for surfing. Their 1998 debut, Holiday Man, on Trauma Records, carried "Got You (Where I Want You)", a Chris Goss production that slinks along on a sly, lazy groove before the guitars come crashing in. It got to number 5 on the Modern Rock chart, landed on the soundtrack of the MGM film Disturbing Behavior, and came with a video starring Katie Holmes and James Marsden, who also starred in the movie.
"She's So Huge" followed, turning up in the film Sugar & Spice and on The Crow: Salvation soundtrack alongside "What You Want". In 2000 the band put out Outta My Way, with the single "Losin' It" and samples lifted from two Beach Boys songs off Pet Sounds, "Here Today" and "Caroline, No".
James Book, Nick Lucero and Peter Perdichizzi are among the names that passed through the lineup, and around 2007 the Paskowitz brothers brought in Jordan Lawson on bass, Rob Jones on drums and George Castells on guitar. In 2008 they came back with a cover of the Beatles' "Hey Jude" and a remake of their big hit, then toured until they went on hiatus in 2012. The brothers revived the band for a pair of California shows in 2024.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Flys on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Got You (Where I Want You) | 28 | #20 | – | 1998 | |
| 2 | Got You | 4 | #219 | – | – | |
| 3 | Got You Where I Want You/Te Tengo Como Quiero | 3 | #334 | – | – | |
| 4 | She's So Huge | 1 | #103 | – | 1999 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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