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The Spin Doctors

Band New York United States Formed 1988

The Spin Doctors formed in 1988 in New York, United States. The Spin Doctors has 70 chart appearances on 38 radio countdowns from 17 stations on RockLists, spanning 1993–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Two Princes”, which appears on 33 lists with a best position of #7. The station that charted The Spin Doctors most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 42 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1993.

70appearances

38countdowns

6songs charted

17stations

0#1 finishes

1993–2025years

The Spin Doctors came out of New York City playing loose-limbed, good-time rock with a funky strut, and Pocket Full of Kryptonite, their 1991 album on Epic, bottled it. Chris Barron sang in an elastic, slightly goofy yelp, Eric Schenkman's guitar chopped and wriggled, and Aaron Comess kept the groove bouncing underneath.

"Two Princes" is the one everybody knows: a cocky, bouncing singalong with a chorus built for car windows rolled down. "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" had a sassier shuffle, and "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" showed off the band's jammy, wisecracking side.

Turn It Upside Down followed in 1994 with "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast". Schenkman left that year and came back in 2001, and the band has kept at it with Barron, Schenkman, Comess and Jack Daley on bass.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by The Spin Doctors on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Two Princes	1,586	33	#7	–	1993
2	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	918	18	#536	–	–
3	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	917	16	#273	–	–
4	2 Princes	18	1	#819	–	–
5	You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast	11	1	#85	–	1994
6	Rock & Roll Heaven	9	1	#98	–	2025

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.

93 94 25

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2025	98	Rock & Roll Heaven	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2025
2025	1040	Two Princes	Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025)
2023	633	Two Princes	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2022	962	Two Princes	KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022)
2022	1025	Two Princes	Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022)
2021	272	Two Princes	Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021)
2021	273	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2021	536	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2021	820	Two Princes	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2020	945	Two Princes	KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020)
2019	568	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	KZOK Top 1025 of 2019
2014	791	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014	958	Two Princes	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2014	1143	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	760	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	914	Two Princes	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2013	1083	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011	725	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	861	Two Princes	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2011	1028	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	703	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	833	Two Princes	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2010	997	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	685	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	814	Two Princes	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2009	964	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008	660	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	797	Two Princes	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2008	945	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	650	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	845	Two Princes	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2007	952	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2005	671	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	831	Two Princes	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	948	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	819	2 Princes	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2005	962	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004	671	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	830	Two Princes	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	948	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	671	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	830	Two Princes	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	948	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	76	Two Princes	Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003)
2002	671	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	830	Two Princes	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	963	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001	671	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	830	Two Princes	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	963	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	312	Two Princes	Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	666	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	829	Two Princes	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	962	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	692	Two Princes	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	666	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	778	Two Princes	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	911	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	360	Two Princes	WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1997	766	Jimmy Olsen's Blues	WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997)
1997	865	Little Miss Can't Be Wrong	WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997)
1996	174	Two Princes	WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996)
1995	147	Two Princes	Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995)
1994	85	You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast	Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994
1994	238	Two Princes	Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1993	18	Two Princes	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993
1993	29	Two Princes	91X Top 91 Songs of 1993
1993	34	Two Princes	Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993
1993	17	Two Princes	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993
1993	7	Two Princes	Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1993

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