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Cover of I Am an Elastic Firecracker by Tripping Daisy
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“I Got a Girl” by Tripping Daisy

From the album I Am an Elastic Firecracker (1995)

“I Got a Girl” by Tripping Daisy appears on 29 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 1995 and 2023. It was first released in 1995 on the album I Am an Elastic Firecracker. Its best result is #11 on The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #21 alternative song of 1995, #2,587 alternative song of all time and #263 of the '90s.

29countdowns
17stations
#11best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1995–2023years charted

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Tripping Daisy's Tim DeLaughter wrote "I Got a Girl" for his partner, Julie Doyle, and it's basically a giddy inventory of everything about her, sung over a fuzzed-out, bouncing guitar pop rush. Island Records made it the lead single from the band's second album, I Am an Elastic Firecracker, in June 1995, and did it over the band's objections.

The label had the last laugh. DeLaughter and Wes Berggren's guitars buzz and jangle, Mark Pirro and Bryan Wakeland keep it moving at a happy clip, and Tom Lord-Alge's mix makes it jump out of a car radio. Ted Niceley produced with the band, and Andy Baker recorded it. It climbed to six on Billboard's Modern Rock chart and became the biggest hit Tripping Daisy ever had.

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
1995 64 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 107
1995 21 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995 91
1995 19 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 101
1995 34 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 100
1995 11 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 103
1995 79 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 104
1995 19 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 100
1995 28 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 95
1995 51 WDRE Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 400 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 383 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 513 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 769 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
2000 459 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2001 458 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2002 426 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 1337 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 439 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2004 285 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 337 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2005 505 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 450 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 478 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2020 362 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 821 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 349 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 688 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 417 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 417 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420

Also listed as: I Got A Girl.

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