Song · Wilco
“Can't Stand It” by Wilco
From the album Summerteeth (1999)
“Can't Stand It” by Wilco appears on 11 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1999 and 2014. It was first released in 1999 on the album Summerteeth. Its best result is #3 on the WXRT Listener Poll: Top 25 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,561 alternative song of all time.
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"Can't Stand It" comes from Summerteeth, Wilco's third album, released on Reprise in 1999, and it bears every mark of the way that record got made. The band had cut its earlier albums mostly live, everybody playing at once; this time Jeff Tweedy and Jay Bennett built most of the songs right there in the studio and stacked overdub upon overdub in Pro Tools, and this one carries both their names as writers. Bennett is all over the track, on piano, keyboards, percussion and bell, and he sings backup behind Tweedy, who takes the lead vocal and the electric guitar. John Stirratt plays bass and Ken Coomer drums.
Wilco even agreed to let David Kahne remix it to court radio programmers, but the single never caught much airplay.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 93XRT Chicago, IL | WXRT Listener Poll: Top 25 Songs of 1999 | 25 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 388 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) | 500 |
| 2001 | 389 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) | 498 |
| 2002 | 385 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) | 500 |
| 2007 | 1690 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1711 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1726 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1763 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1836 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1864 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1924 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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