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“Peaches” by The Presidents of the United States of America

From the album The Presidents of the United States of America (1995)

“Peaches” by The Presidents of the United States of America appears on 35 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 1996 and 2025. It was first released in 1995 on the album The Presidents of the United States of America. Its best result is #26 on The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #114 alternative song of 1996 and #542 alternative song of all time.

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#26best position
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The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches (Official Music Video)

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"Peaches" is the goofy, irresistible calling card from the self-titled debut by the Presidents of the United States of America, from 1995, and it went out as the album's third single worldwide. Chris Ballew wrote it with the band, and he, Dave Dederer and Jason Finn all sing, with Ballew on bass, Dederer on guitar and Finn on drums.

Conrad Uno produced and recorded it, sharing the production credit with Ballew and Dederer, and David Kahne mixed it. The sound is stripped and bouncy: a fat, chugging riff, a shout-along chorus and a sense of humor that never quite winks too hard. The band has owned up that the riffs borrow from Bad Company's 1975 song "Feel Like Makin' Love", and they turn that swagger into something sillier and sunnier.

Iceland sent it all the way to the top. Elsewhere it got as high as 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and eight on the Modern Rock side, cracked the top 20 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Britain, and earned a Grammy nomination in 1996 for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

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#StationCountdownof
1996 73 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 101
1996 49 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 99
1996 69 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 96

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 224 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 134 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 302 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 303 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 275 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 275 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 275 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 26 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 275 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 278 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 462 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 436 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 800 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 726 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 702 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 720 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 739 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 707 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 703 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 474 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 444 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2020 75 DC101 Top DC101 of the 90's 101
2020 329 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 146 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 313 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 238 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 238 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 328 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2023 211 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 438 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 233 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2025 329 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500

Charting alongside it in 1996

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  2. 2PepperButthole Surfers
  3. 3Where It's AtBeck
  4. 4SpiderwebsNo Doubt
  5. 5What I GotSublime
  6. 6MachineheadBush

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