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Unwritten Law

Band Poway United States Formed 1991 1990- current American rock band

Unwritten Law formed in 1991 in Poway, United States. Unwritten Law has 76 chart appearances on 58 radio countdowns from 27 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2022. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Seein' Red”, which appears on 22 lists with a best position of #6. The station that charted Unwritten Law most often is 91X (San Diego, CA / Tijuana), with 15 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.

76appearances
58countdowns
15songs charted
27stations
0#1 finishes
1996–2022years

Unwritten Law came out of Poway, California, near San Diego, a band set in motion by drummer Wade Youman and fronted by Scott Russo, who sings with a skate-punk sneer and a pop singer's knack for a chorus. The early records, the Visit to Oz EP, Oz Factor in 1996 and a self-titled album in 1998, were bratty, fast punk rock with melody stitched into the seams, and they took it on the road far and wide, most famously on the Warped Tour.

Elva, in 2001, is where the guitars got thicker and the hooks got bigger. "Seein' Red", a crunching, heart-on-sleeve anthem, went all the way to the top of the US Modern Rock chart, with "Up All Night" and "Rest of My Life" riding along behind it. Here's to the Mourning followed in 2004, and "Save Me (Wake Up Call)" made the Modern Rock top 5 as well.

The lineup has been a revolving door. Guitarists Rob Brewer and Steve Morris came and went, Tony Palermo sat behind the kit for a few years, and Youman himself has walked out twice and come back, still the last man standing from the original crew. The Hum, their seventh studio album, arrived in 2022.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Unwritten Law on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Seein' Red
1,329		 22 #6 – 2002
2 Save Me
585		 14 #23 – 2005
3 Up All Night
393		 11 #3 – 2002
4 Cailin
291		 6 #8 – 1999
5 She Says
187		 4 #33 – 2005
6 Rest of My Life
173		 5 #39 – 2003
7 Denied
103		 2 #29 – 1996
8 Shoulda Known Better
77		 2 #40 – 2006
9 Lonesome
70		 2 #43 – 1999
10 Because Of You
62		 1 #88 – 2005
11 Geronimo
58		 1 #95 – 2002
12 Superman
56		 1 #41 – 1996
13 Holiday
34		 1 #61 – 1998
14 Starships And Apocalypse
32		 1 #64 – 2011
15 Actress, Model.
26		 1 #68 – 2002

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

96 98 99 01 02 03 04 05 06 08 11

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2022 487 Seein' Red X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time
2011 64 Starships And Apocalypse KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2011
2008 74 Shoulda Known Better 91X Top 91 Songs of 2008
2007 349 Cailin KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007)
2006 40 Shoulda Known Better 91X Top 91 Songs of 2006
2005 94 Save Me KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005
2005 33 She Says 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005
2005 95 Save Me Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005
2005 86 Save Me WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005
2005 23 Save Me 89X Top 89 Songs of 2005
2005 73 Save Me CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005
2005 38 Save Me CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2005
2005 51 Save Me The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005
2005 103 She Says Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2005
2005 70 (tie) Save Me WBER Listener Countdown 2005
2005 78 Save Me WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005
2005 82 (tie) She Says WBER Listener Countdown 2005
2005 88 (tie) Because Of You WBER Listener Countdown 2005
2005 42 Save Me Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2005
2005 69 Save Me CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005
2005 54 Save Me ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005 181 She Says ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005
2005 427 Seein' Red 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2005 88 Seein' Red 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium
2004 101 Save Me KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004
2004 37 Save Me 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004
2003 80 Rest of My Life 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003
2003 39 Rest of My Life The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003
2003 63 (tie) Rest of My Life WBER Listener Countdown 2003
2003 84 Rest of My Life Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003
2002 46 Seein' Red KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002
2002 76 Up All Night KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002
2002 9 Seein' Red 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002
2002 44 Up All Night 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002
2002 68 Actress, Model. 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002
2002 36 Seein' Red Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002
2002 6 Seein' Red Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2002 83 Up All Night Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002
2002 45 Seein' Red WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002
2002 65 Seein' Red K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002
2002 19 Seein' Red WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 59 Seein' Red The End Top 107 Songs of 2002
2002 12 Seein' Red 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002
2002 14 Seein' Red Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 60 Seein' Red The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002
2002 64 Up All Night The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002
2002 53 Seein' Red Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002
2002 93 Rest of My Life Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002
2002 3 Up All Night 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2002
2002 7 Seein' Red 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2002
2002 20 Seein' Red Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002
2002 27 Seein' Red WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002
2002 42 Seein' Red WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002
2002 57 Up All Night WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002
2002 65 (tie) Seein' Red WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002 84 Up All Night Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002
2002 95 Geronimo WBER Listener Countdown 2002
2002 101 Up All Night WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002
2002 12 Seein' Red Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 74 Up All Night Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002
2002 96 Artist ranking KROQ Top 106.7 Artists of All-Time (Memorial Day 2002)
2001 101 Seein' Red KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001
2001 131 Up All Night WBER Listener Countdown 2001
2001 69 Up All Night Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001
1999 43 Cailin KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999
1999 8 Cailin 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999
1999 43 Lonesome 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999
1999 67 Cailin The End Top 107 Songs of 1999
1999 61 Cailin 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999
1999 66 Cailin WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999
1999 330 Denied 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999)
1999 100 Artist ranking KROQ Top 106.7 Artists of All-Time (Year End 1999)
1998 61 Holiday 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998
1998 77 Lonesome 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998
1996 29 Denied 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996
1996 41 Superman 91X Top 91 Songs of 1996

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