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“Hello Time Bomb” by The Matthew Good Band
“Hello Time Bomb” by The Matthew Good Band appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2001 and 2010. Its best result is #35 on The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #174 alternative song of 2001 and #6,361 alternative song of all time.
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"Hello Time Bomb" lit the fuse on Beautiful Midnight, the Matthew Good Band's third album, arriving as its lead single in 1999. Canada's rock stations grabbed it and never loosened their grip: it climbed to number three on the RPM Rock Report, and between 1995 and 2016 only three songs by Canadian artists got more spins on the country's rock radio.
Listeners and the industry both took notice. Readers of Chart magazine voted it the second-best song of 1999, and it drew a nomination for Best Single at the 2000 Juno Awards. It even slipped across the border, reaching 34 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, the only time Matthew Good has charted in the States.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 41 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2001 | 59 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 | 97 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 69 | CRNC 90.1 | CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of the '90s | 91 |
| 2009 | 35 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge | 200 |
| 2009 | 154 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) | 200 |
| 2010 | 58 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) | 200 |
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