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“The Rascal King” by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
From the album Let’s Face It (1997)
“The Rascal King” by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones appears on 22 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1997 and 2023. It was first released in 1997 on the album Let’s Face It. Its best result is #10 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #51 alternative song of 1997, #2,859 alternative song of all time and #349 of the '90s.
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones followed "The Impression That I Get" with another brassy, bouncing cut from 1997's Let's Face It, and this one came with a history lesson. "The Rascal King" is a toast to James Michael Curley, who ran Boston as its mayor and Massachusetts as its governor. Dicky Barrett and Joe Gittleman wrote it, and the band swings it like a wake at the corner tavern, part ska-punk rave-up, part raised glass to a hometown pol. Modern rock radio went for it, sending it to number seven on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 71 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 39 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 | 91 |
| 1997 | 50 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 | 105 |
| 1997 | 87 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 | 101 |
| 1997 | 53 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 | 100 |
| 1997 | 10 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 | 103 |
| 1997 | 92 | X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA | X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 | 104 |
| 1997 | 65 | KNRK Portland, OR | KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 | 94 |
| 1997 | 44 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 | 106 |
| 1997 | 40 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 | 97 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 754 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 179 | WFNX | WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) | 500 |
| 2002 | 141 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) | 144 |
| 2014 | 376 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 391 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2019 | 413 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 321 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2021 | 428 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2021 | 331 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) | 420 |
| 2022 | 335 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 342 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
| 2023 | 442 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
Also listed as: Rascal King.
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