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“Juicebox” by The Strokes
From the album First Impressions of Earth (2005)
“Juicebox” by The Strokes appears on 32 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2005 and 2025. It was first released in 2005 on the album First Impressions of Earth. Its best result is #12 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #37 alternative song of 2005, #1,944 alternative song of all time and #218 of the '00s.
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"Juicebox" was the first taste of First Impressions of Earth, the Strokes' third album, and it arrived in 2005 like a shove in the back: a snarling, lurching garage-rock jolt. Julian Casablancas wrote it, with a composer credit that also takes in Henry Mancini, and David Kahne produced and engineered it before Andy Wallace mixed it.
Casablancas knew it wasn't pretty. He told Spin that people had called the track ugly, and that he thought it had a great personality, and that's the right way to hear it: all grime and swagger, the guitars chewing on the rhythm and his voice going hoarse at the edges.
The song leaked long before its planned release, so the band and their managers rushed it out as an iTunes single ahead of schedule. RCA put it out in the US that October and in the UK and Australia in December, with "Hawaii" on the B-side. "Heart in a Cage" followed it.
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
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 384 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2007 | 585 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 442 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) | 500 |
| 2008 | 767 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 773 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 790 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 818 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 829 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2013 | 55 | BBC Radio 6 Music | BBC 6 Music 100 Best Tracks Of The Last 10 Years | 100 |
| 2014 | 853 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2025 | 578 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
Also listed as: Juice Box.
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