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“Seether” by Veruca Salt

From the album American Thighs (1994)

“Seether” by Veruca Salt appears on 52 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 1994 and 2025. It was first released in 1994 on the album American Thighs. Its best result is #3 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #8 alternative song of 1994, #551 alternative song of all time and #233 of the '90s.

52countdowns
22stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
3top 10 finishes
1994–2025years charted

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Veruca Salt - Seether (Official Music Video)

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"Seether" was the calling card for Veruca Salt's debut album American Thighs in 1994, a Nina Gordon song, words and music both, that crams a full-blown temper tantrum into a candy wrapper. Brad Wood produced it with the band for Minty Fresh, and he recorded and mixed it too, with John McEntire and Casey Rice lending extra hands at the desk.

The trick is the push and pull. Sugar-coated vocals and a chorus you can hum after one spin run straight into guitars that grind like a grunge band with a sweet tooth, and the band sounds thrilled to let the thing off its leash every time the chorus comes around.

It gave Veruca Salt a peak on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks that only "Volcano Girls" would match, three years later. And the title traveled: a South African rock band liked it enough to take it as their own name.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Hard Rock & Metal

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 44 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 107
1994 27 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994 91
1994 33 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 106
1994 6 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 101
1994 40 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 100
1994 25 KISW Seattle-Tacoma, WA KISW 25 Greatest Rock Songs from 1994 25
1994 3 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1994 50
1994 6 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 100
1994 36 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 94

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 236 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1999 266 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 320 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 658 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 317 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 1273 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 262 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1274 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 263 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1246 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 223 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 1245 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1103 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 204 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 1230 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 76 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 268 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 1230 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 196 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 1230 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 457 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 333 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 180 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 368 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 545 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 545 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 471 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 542 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 528 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 511 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 501 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 483 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2020 363 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 61 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 337 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 51 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 488 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2022 340 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 147 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 328 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 551 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2024 1034 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2025 500 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500

Charting alongside it in 1994

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  2. 2CloserNine Inch Nails
  3. 3Self-EsteemThe Offspring
  4. 4Interstate Love SongStone Temple Pilots
  5. 5Come Out and PlayThe Offspring
  6. 6Basket CaseGreen Day

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