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“Fell in Love With a Girl” by The White Stripes

From the album White Blood Cells (2001)

“Fell in Love With a Girl” by The White Stripes appears on 64 radio countdowns from 33 stations between 2001 and 2026. It was first released in 2001 on the album White Blood Cells. Its best result is #1 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002, and it was voted number one on two countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #5 alternative song of 2002, #733 alternative song of all time and #67 of the '00s.

64countdowns
33stations
#1best position
2#1 finishes
9top 10 finishes
2001–2026years charted

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The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl (Official Music Video)

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"Fell in Love With a Girl" is a jolt of pure garage-rock voltage from White Blood Cells, the White Stripes' third album, and it went out as a single on XL Recordings in January 2002. Jack White wrote the words, produced it and mixed it with engineer Stewart Sikes, and there's nothing to hide behind: a buzzsaw riff, drums hammering away, Jack yelping about a crush that's got him all turned around.

It's cocky and exuberant, and that's exactly what critics loved about it: it sounds like a band having the time of its life at full volume. Then Michel Gondry made the video, and it won 3 MTV Video Music Awards in 2002.

In Britain it went gold and got to number 21, while on the American Alternative Airplay chart it rose to number twelve, and it helped carry the duo into the mainstream. It's now a cornerstone of their catalog and of the 2000s indie and garage rock scene, and it has been covered or remixed by Richard Cheese, Joss Stone and "Weird Al" Yankovic, with Stone's version charting internationally.

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#StationCountdownof
2001 6 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001 50
2002 1 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 5 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002 91
2002 8 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 9 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 14 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 7 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 32 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 12 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 4 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 1 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 47 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 13 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 50 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2002 7 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2002 224
2002 13 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 79 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 104
2002 27 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2002 50
2002 88 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2002 54 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 92 K-Rock K-Rock Top 92 Party Songs of All-Time (2002) 92
2002 1958 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 53 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2003 263 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 1739 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1739 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 191 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 22 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2005 164 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1741 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 69 The Edge KEDJ Top 103 on Independent Radio 103
2005 301 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 42 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006) 107
2006 159 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 161 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 147 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 54 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2007 778 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2008 78 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 35 WFNX WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009) 101
2009 156 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2009 329 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 74 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 101 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 200
2010 64 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 54 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 392 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 51 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 142 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2014 49 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2015 490 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2018 812 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 273 KEXP KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time 627
2020 1591 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2022 144 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 473 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2022 892 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2023 352 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2024 14 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2024 217 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 63 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 195 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2025 165 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714
2026 453 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Fell In Love With A Girl; Fell In Love With a Girl; Fell in Love with a Girl; Fell In Love with a Girl.

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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