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“Cornflake Girl” by Tori Amos

From the album Under the Pink (1994)

“Cornflake Girl” by Tori Amos appears on 65 radio countdowns from 25 stations between 1994 and 2026. It was first released in 1994 on the album Under the Pink. Its best result is #16 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #33 alternative song of 1994, #397 alternative song of all time and #292 of the '90s.

65countdowns
25stations
#16best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1994–2026years charted

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Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl (US Version) (Official Music Video)

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"Cornflake Girl" came out in January 1994 on Atlantic and East West, the song Tori Amos chose to introduce her second album, Under the Pink, to British listeners; in America "God" went first and this one followed. Amos wrote it and produced it with Eric Rosse, and it's the sound of a pianist turning her instrument into a percussion weapon, hammering out a rolling, off-kilter figure that bounces like a playground chant with a knife hidden in its sock.

The band around her is a curious and brilliant bunch. George Porter, Jr. lays down a rubbery bass line, Carlo Nuccio plays drums, Paulinho da Costa adds percussion and Steve Caton threads guitar and mandolin through the gaps. Then the singer Merry Clayton steps in on backing vocals and takes over the bridge, and the whole thing lifts off. Rosse, John Beverly Jones and Paul McKenna recorded it, and Kevin Killen mixed it into something both crisp and strange.

It did its biggest business in Europe, climbing to number four in Britain, number nine in Ireland and number two in Iceland, while in the States it only got as far as seven on the Bubbling Under chart. Two different videos were made for 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

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 16 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 107
1994 42 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 106
1994 40 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 101
1994 34 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 100
1994 35 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 100
1994 70 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 94

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 77 CRNC 90.1 CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of the '90s 91
1995 148 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 66 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 399 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 27 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1998) 100
1999 147 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 121 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 445 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 107 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 292 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 163 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 203 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 126 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 1406 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 766 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 119 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1406 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 121 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1395 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 1227 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2001 294 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 163 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 1394 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 579 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 191 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 1380 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 235 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 1380 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 752 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2005 338 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1378 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 688 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 269 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 283 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 245 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 544 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2007 346 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2008 540 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 540 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 92 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2009 876 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 533 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2010 794 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 523 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 335 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2013 514 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 509 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2016 69 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2019 887 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 887 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2020 1119 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 43 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 147 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 877 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2023 115 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 281 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 677 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2025 98 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500
2026 189 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917

Also listed as: Conflake Girl.

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