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“The Taste of Ink” by The Used

From the album The Used (2002)

“The Taste of Ink” by The Used appears on 23 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2002 and 2023. It was first released in 2002 on the album The Used. Its best result is #15 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #100 alternative song of 2002 and #2,966 alternative song of all time.

23countdowns
18stations
#15best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
2002–2023years charted

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The Taste Of Ink (Official Video)

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The Used introduced themselves with "The Taste of Ink", the first single off their 2002 self-titled debut, sent to radio that September with a video directed by the Malloys. Bert McCracken sings it like his throat is on the line, while Quinn Allman's guitar, Jeph Howard's bass and Branden Steineckert's drums pile on, all three adding their voices behind him. The four wrote it together, and John Feldmann produced, engineered and mixed it.

The song goes back further than the album: an early version sits on Demos from the Basement, a CD the band handed out in 2001 when they still went by plain Used. A CD single followed in March 2003, packing a B-side, a Christmas song and the video.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 88 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 62 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002 91
2002 82 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 84 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 82 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 77 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 88 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 81 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 67 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 56 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 104
2002 75 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2002 92 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99
2003 54 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003 89
2003 15 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003 50
2003 98 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 67 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2005 495 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 448 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2014 295 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 321 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 411 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2022 223 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2023 404 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500

Also listed as: Taste of Ink; The Taste Of Ink.

Charting alongside it in 2002

Best songs of 2002 →
  1. 1By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2AerialsSystem of a Down
  3. 3ToxicitySystem of a Down
  4. 4You Know You're RightNirvana
  5. 5All My LifeFoo Fighters
  6. 6SweetnessJimmy Eat World

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