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“The Freshmen” by The Verve Pipe

From the EP I've Suffered a Head Injury (1996)

“The Freshmen” by The Verve Pipe appears on 29 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1997 and 2014. It was first released in 1996 on the EP I've Suffered a Head Injury. Its best result is #6 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #11 alternative song of 1997, #608 alternative song of all time and #189 of the '90s.

29countdowns
11stations
#6best position
0#1 finishes
3top 10 finishes
1997–2014years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 26 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 107
1997 36 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 91
1997 27 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 6 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101
1997 28 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 100
1997 9 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 107
1997 7 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 206 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 75 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 788 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 271 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 915 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 271 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 273 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 233 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 273 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1879 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 273 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 260 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 273 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 274 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 462 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 753 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 758 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 784 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 800 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 826 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 867 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 915 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: the Freshmen; The Freshman.

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