Song · Unlikely Candidates
“Novocaine” by Unlikely Candidates
Released 2019
“Novocaine” by Unlikely Candidates appears on 11 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2019 and 2026. It was first released in 2019. Its best result is #1 on the 101X Top 25 Songs of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #10 alternative song of 2020, #3,923 alternative song of all time and #38 of the '20s.
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"Novocaine" is a 2019 single from Unlikely Candidates, sung by Kyle Morris with Michael Lauri on backing vocals, and it comes out of a five-way writing session: Morris, Jesse Finkelstein, Jordan Rand Miller, Kellen Pomeranz and Gregg Wattenberg. Pom Pom and Wattenberg produced it and both play guitar on it alongside Finkelstein, and John Alicastro plays drums, recorded it with Leo Bescotti and mixed it himself.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 88 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 | 91 |
| 2019 | 39 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019 | 50 |
| 2019 | 46 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2019 | 50 |
| 2020 | 51 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2020 | 91 |
| 2020 | 6 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020 | 93 |
| 2020 | 5 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | ALT 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2020 | 51 |
| 2020 | 1 | 101X Austin, TX | 101X Top 25 Songs of 2020 | 25 |
| 2020 | 17 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2020 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 253 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2023 | 409 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2026 | 268 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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