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“Fit But You Know It” by The Streets
From the album A Grand Don’t Come for Free (2004)
“Fit But You Know It” by The Streets appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2004 and 2022. It was first released in 2004 on the album A Grand Don’t Come for Free. Its best result is #17 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #97 alternative song of 2004.
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"Fit but You Know It" was the lead single from A Grand Don't Come for Free, the second album Mike Skinner made as the Streets, and it went to number four on the UK Singles Chart in 2004, hanging around the top 75 for 15 weeks. Skinner wrote and produced it, with Teddy Mitchell adding vocals.
It's a lairy, lager-soaked holiday rant set to a chugging guitar groove, and critics loved the racket: NME singled out the beat and the sheer rowdiness, and the Guardian's Decca Aitkenhead heard in it the crude but tangled sexual politics of a chip shop at closing time on a lads' trip. Skinner told the Daily Star the song was about Rachel Stevens, formerly of S Club 7, then took it back, saying he'd only tossed out her name to throw a nosy reporter off the scent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 31 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004 | 106 |
| 2004 | 89 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 | 102 |
| 2004 | 17 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2004 | 227 |
| 2004 | 72 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 | 103 |
| 2004 | 18 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 445 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
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