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“Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)” by Us3

Released 1992

“Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)” by Us3 appears on 26 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1993 and 2026. It was first released in 1992. Its best result is #34 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #122 alternative song of 1993 and #1,100 alternative song of all time.

26countdowns
11stations
#34best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1993–2026years charted

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Us3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) ft. Rahsaan, Gerard Presencer

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"Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" arrived on Blue Note in October 1992 from Us3, a British jazz-rap crew, and went on to lead off their debut album, Hand On the Torch. The hook is Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island", looped into a loose, finger-snapping groove with rhymes strutting over the top, and the whole thing had started life as a demo a year before the group released anything at all.

Home turf shrugged at first, but America didn't: it reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 7 on the Cash Box chart, the group's only top-40 single, and went gold in March 1994 for sales past 500,000. Britain came round when it was reissued, sending it to number 23, and Charles Wittenmeier's video took an award at the 1994 Billboard Music Video Awards.

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
1993 34 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 498 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1999 371 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 273 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 273 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 287 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 287 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 287 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 287 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 289 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 602 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 400 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 1366 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1353 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1369 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1323 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1377 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1437 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1493 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 379 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 207 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2023 325 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2024 174 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2025 50 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 435 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180
2026 852 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917

Also listed as: Cantaloop; Cantaloop Flip Fantasia.

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