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Spin Doctors

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There were many pseudo-hippie, jam-oriented blues rockers in New York during the early '90s, but only the Spin Doctors made it big. And they made it big because not only could they immerse themselves in a groove, they also had concise pop skills. "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" and "Two Princes" were cleverly written singles, full of clean, blues-inflected licks and ingratiating pop melodies. Pocket Full of Kryptonite had been around for nearly a year when MTV and radio began playing "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong," but once they started playing it, they couldn't stop. The Spin Doctors became an overnight sensation, selling millions of albums around the world.

Their second album, 1994's Turn It Upside Down, didn't sell very well when it was released, largely because the first single, "Cleopatra's Cat," was a failed experiment in funk. But the second single, "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast," was in the vein of "Two Princes," and the album began to sell after the song was released. In the summer of 1996, the Spin Doctors released You've Got to Believe in Something. After the album failed to make an impression on the charts, the Spin Doctors were dropped from Epic in the fall of 1996. After a couple of years, the group found a new label; their first record for Uptown/Universal, Here Comes the Bride, appeared in the summer of 1999. It was seemingly their swan song, however. By this point, original members Eric Schenkman (guitar) and Mark White (bass) had left the band, and Barron's voice was failing him. The Spin Doctors broke up, and the greatest-hits set Just Go Ahead Now appeared like a nail in their coffin. Their journey wasn't quite over, however. The band reunited for a series of shows in 2001 and 2002, and they used that momentum to head back into the studio, where they recorded Nice Talking to Me. The album was released by Ruff Nation/Universal in fall 2005.

Over the next few years, the Spin Doctors toured semi-regularly, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Pocket Full of Kryptonite in 2011 with a deluxe edition and a supporting tour. Between these tours, Barron pursued some side projects, including the 2009 solo album Pancho and the Kid. The Spin Doctors regrouped in 2013 for their first album in eight years, the all-blues If the River Was Whiskey. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

Total plays

655.6 million
Updated on 2024-12-23

Country

United States

Monthly listeners

3,473,946

Followers

697,619

Top Cities

  1. Australia
    66,825 listeners
  2. Australia
    56,020 listeners
  3. Australia
    55,227 listeners
  4. Brazil
    49,191 listeners
  5. Chile
    47,278 listeners

Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Two Princes
Two Princes
552,299,235 4:15 1988-01-01
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong
58,012,115 3:53 1991-01-01
Jimmy Olsen's Blues
Jimmy Olsen's Blues
10,648,317 4:38 1991-01-01
Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
7,693,348 2:37 1993-01-04
What Time Is It?
What Time Is It?
5,438,515 4:50 1991-01-01
If the River Was Whiskey
If the River Was Whiskey
1,683,745 3:17 2013-04-30
How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Can Have Me)
How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Can Have Me)
1,424,319 4:59 1991-01-01
Cleopatra's Cat
Cleopatra's Cat
1,308,013 4:04 1991-01-01
Two Princes - Live
Two Princes - Live
1,071,372 4:52 2015-05-18
Off My Line
Off My Line
908,232 3:57 1991-01-01
Two Princes
Two Princes
878,201 3:37 2003-01-01
Refrigerator Car
Refrigerator Car
778,516 4:45 1991-01-01
More Than She Knows
More Than She Knows
749,409 2:11 1991-01-01
Some Other Man Instead
Some Other Man Instead
738,599 4:33 2013-04-30
Forty or Fifty
Forty or Fifty
729,172 4:23 1991-01-01
Margarita
Margarita
635,031 3:02 2005-01-01
Shinbone Alley / Hard to Exist
Shinbone Alley / Hard to Exist
520,500 12:43 1991-01-01
You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast
You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast
450,823 3:49 1991-01-01
Big Fat Funky Booty
Big Fat Funky Booty
424,055 4:15 1991-01-01
Traction Blues
Traction Blues
382,495 3:42 2013-04-30
Scotch and Water Blues
Scotch and Water Blues
370,167 5:17 2013-04-30
Nice Talking To Me
Nice Talking To Me
355,416 3:60 2005-01-01
Mary Jane
Mary Jane
315,466 3:40 1994-06-14
If Wishes Were Horses
If Wishes Were Horses
291,161 4:29 1991-01-01
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - Live
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - Live
286,709 4:38 2015-05-18
Sweetest Portion
Sweetest Portion
274,304 4:02 2013-04-30
Biscuit Head
Biscuit Head
242,620 4:18 1994-06-14
Ben's Looking out the Window Blues
Ben's Looking out the Window Blues
241,799 3:10 2013-04-30
Indifference
Indifference
222,221 4:23 1991-01-01
So Bad
So Bad
215,301 5:57 2013-04-30
She Used to Be Mine
She Used to Be Mine
206,118 3:36 1991-01-01
My Problem Now
My Problem Now
202,546 3:20 2005-01-01
Can't Kick The Habit
Can't Kick The Habit
202,162 8:17 2005-01-01
About a Train
About a Train
189,894 6:15 2013-04-30
You've Got to Believe In Something
You've Got to Believe In Something
179,054 4:02 1991-01-01
Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After
164,678 3:22 2005-01-01
Tantrum
Tantrum
161,813 3:12 2005-11-10
Hard To Exist
Hard To Exist
161,469 4:29 1991-01-01
What My Love?
What My Love?
159,480 2:32 2013-04-30
I Can't Believe You're Still With Her
I Can't Believe You're Still With Her
157,424 3:44 1991-01-01
Laraby's Gang
Laraby's Gang
155,220 3:39 1994-06-14
The Drop
The Drop
151,658 4:40 2013-04-30
Hungry Hamed's
Hungry Hamed's
141,387 5:11 1991-01-01
Because I Can Sing
Because I Can Sing
139,364 3:30 2011-03-18
Tonight You Could Steal Me Way
Tonight You Could Steal Me Way
121,822 4:27 2005-01-01
Tonight You Could Steal Me Away
Tonight You Could Steal Me Away
121,822 4:26 2005-01-01
More Than Meets the Ear
More Than Meets the Ear
108,217 3:55 1994-06-14
That's The Way I Like It
That's The Way I Like It
103,460 5:26 1996-02-05
Yo Mamas a Pajama - Live
Yo Mamas a Pajama - Live
94,252 5:10 2015-05-18
Lady Kerosene - Live
Lady Kerosene - Live
90,819 4:52 2015-05-18
What Time Is It? - Live
What Time Is It? - Live
89,988 4:42 2015-05-18
Woodstock - Single Version
Woodstock - Single Version
85,461 4:40 2004-01-19
Medley: What Time Is It? / Off My Line - Live at the Wetlands, New York, NY - September 1990
Medley: What Time Is It? / Off My Line - Live at the Wetlands, New York, NY - September 1990
85,101 12:20 1992-11-24
Sugar
Sugar
83,634 4:19 2005-01-01
Two Princes - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
Two Princes - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
83,215 4:39 1991-01-01
Jimmy Olsen's Blues - (from Can't Say No demo, 1989)
Jimmy Olsen's Blues - (from Can't Say No demo, 1989)
82,195 5:12 1991-01-01
Jimmy Olsen's Blues - Live
Jimmy Olsen's Blues - Live
77,437 6:05 2015-05-18
Bags Of Dirt
Bags Of Dirt
76,834 4:47 1994-06-14
Rosetta Stone - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
Rosetta Stone - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
76,513 6:09 1991-01-01
Freeway Of The Plains - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
Freeway Of The Plains - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
74,898 5:47 1991-01-01
House
House
71,441 3:53 1991-01-01
Traction Blues - Live
Traction Blues - Live
71,405 3:53 2015-05-18
How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Can Have Me) - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Can Have Me) - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
70,159 5:43 1991-01-01
Yo Baby - Live at the Wetlands, New York, NY - September 1990
Yo Baby - Live at the Wetlands, New York, NY - September 1990
69,438 5:51 1992-11-24
Can't Say No - (from Can't Say No demo, 1989)
Can't Say No - (from Can't Say No demo, 1989)
65,838 2:18 1991-01-01
Genuine
Genuine
64,752 5:41 2005-01-01
Off My Line - Live
Off My Line - Live
62,646 5:21 2015-05-18
I'd Like To Love You (But I Think You Might Be Crazy)
I'd Like To Love You (But I Think You Might Be Crazy)
62,148 5:04 2005-01-01
Someday All This Will Be Road
Someday All This Will Be Road
61,381 4:41 1994-06-14
Big Fat Funky Booty - (from Can't Say No demo, 1989)
Big Fat Funky Booty - (from Can't Say No demo, 1989)
60,240 3:59 1991-01-01
Scotch & Water Blues - Live
Scotch & Water Blues - Live
59,467 7:14 2015-05-18
Two Princes - Jam in the Van Live Session
Two Princes - Jam in the Van Live Session
58,457 5:55 2020-09-04
Miss America
Miss America
54,802 3:32 1991-01-01
Yo Mamas A Pajama - Live at the Wetlands, New York, NY - September 1990
Yo Mamas A Pajama - Live at the Wetlands, New York, NY - September 1990
54,356 4:07 1992-11-24
Some Other Man Instead - Live
Some Other Man Instead - Live
53,548 5:23 2015-05-18
Sweetest Portion - Live
Sweetest Portion - Live
53,481 4:43 2015-05-18
Hard To Exist - (from Can't Say No demo, 1989)
Hard To Exist - (from Can't Say No demo, 1989)
49,700 4:28 1991-01-01
At This Hour - (from Can't Say No demo, 1989)
At This Hour - (from Can't Say No demo, 1989)
49,000 5:36 1991-01-01
Safety Pin
Safety Pin
48,688 4:13 2005-01-01
If the River Was Whiskey - Live
If the River Was Whiskey - Live
47,886 3:47 2015-05-18
At This Hour
At This Hour
47,797 3:52 1994-06-14
40 Of 50 - (from Can't Say No demo, 1989)
40 Of 50 - (from Can't Say No demo, 1989)
46,993 4:38 1991-01-01
What Time Is It? - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
What Time Is It? - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
43,974 4:07 1991-01-01
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - Live at the Lonestar Roadhouse, New York, NY - June 1992
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - Live at the Lonestar Roadhouse, New York, NY - June 1992
42,186 4:43 1992-11-24
Medley: Freeway of the Plains/Lady Kerosene - Live at the Wetlands, New York, NY - September 1990
Medley: Freeway of the Plains/Lady Kerosene - Live at the Wetlands, New York, NY - September 1990
41,441 10:15 1992-11-24
About a Train - Live
About a Train - Live
40,940 7:06 2015-05-18
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - (live 9-25-1990 bootleg, Continental Divide, New York, NY)
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - (live 9-25-1990 bootleg, Continental Divide, New York, NY)
40,722 5:51 1991-01-01
House - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
House - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
40,586 4:18 1991-01-01
Hungry Hamed's - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
Hungry Hamed's - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
38,542 4:38 1991-01-01
Beats In the Woods
Beats In the Woods
38,478 4:36 1994-06-14
Rosetta Stone - Live at the Wetlands, New York, NY - September 1990
Rosetta Stone - Live at the Wetlands, New York, NY - September 1990
37,808 8:07 1992-11-24
Sweet Widow - Live at the Wetlands, New York, NY - September 1990
Sweet Widow - Live at the Wetlands, New York, NY - September 1990
36,830 11:38 1992-11-24
Refrigerator Car - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
Refrigerator Car - (from Piece Of Glass demo, 1990)
35,279 4:04 1991-01-01
Here Comes The Bride
Here Comes The Bride
34,799 3:13 1999-01-01
Shinbone Alley - Live at the Lonestar Roadhouse, New York, NY - June 1992
Shinbone Alley - Live at the Lonestar Roadhouse, New York, NY - June 1992
34,110 8:13 1992-11-24
Refrigerator Car - Live at the Lonestar Roadhouse, New York, NY - June 1992
Refrigerator Car - Live at the Lonestar Roadhouse, New York, NY - June 1992
33,232 6:21 1991-01-01
Turn It Upside Down - (live 7-19-1993, Kingswood Music Theater, Toronto, Canada)
Turn It Upside Down - (live 7-19-1993, Kingswood Music Theater, Toronto, Canada)
31,561 3:34 1991-01-01
Piece Of Glass - Single Version
Piece Of Glass - Single Version
30,681 4:21 2004-01-19
Stepped on a Crack - Live at the Wetlands, New York, NY - September 1990
Stepped on a Crack - Live at the Wetlands, New York, NY - September 1990
30,584 5:14 1992-11-24
What My Love? - Live
What My Love? - Live
30,582 2:30 2015-05-18
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - Jam in the Van Live Session
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - Jam in the Van Live Session
21,912 4:21 2020-09-18
The Bigger I Laugh, The Harder I Cry
The Bigger I Laugh, The Harder I Cry
21,089 3:26 1999-01-01
Sister Sisyphus
Sister Sisyphus
20,695 4:06 1996-02-05
Vampires In The Sun
Vampires In The Sun
19,470 2:58 1999-01-01
Fisherman's Delight
Fisherman's Delight
14,268 4:12 1999-01-01
Wow
Wow
13,692 4:14 1999-01-01
She's Not You
She's Not You
13,112 5:07 1996-02-05
Dogs On a Doe
Dogs On a Doe
12,377 5:12 1996-02-05
Gorilla Boy
Gorilla Boy
12,232 3:12 1999-01-01
Some Other Man Instead - Jam in the Van Live Session
Some Other Man Instead - Jam in the Van Live Session
11,017 4:41 2020-09-18
Forty Or Fifty (2 Meter Session)
Forty Or Fifty (2 Meter Session)
10,949 4:38 2019-04-26
The Man
The Man
10,461 3:51 1999-01-01
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Where Angels Fear to Tread
10,366 4:03 1996-02-05
Siren Dress
Siren Dress
9,750 3:15 1999-01-01
Sweetest Portion - Jam in the Van Live Session
Sweetest Portion - Jam in the Van Live Session
9,270 4:27 2020-09-18
Gone Mad
Gone Mad
8,783 4:19 1999-01-01
'Bout a Train
'Bout a Train
8,743 5:26 1996-02-05
Waiting For The Blow
Waiting For The Blow
8,566 3:16 1999-01-01
Diamond
Diamond
8,428 3:47 1999-01-01
Tomorrow Can Pay The Rent
Tomorrow Can Pay The Rent
8,130 11:02 1999-01-01
To Make Me Blue
To Make Me Blue
7,722 3:33 1996-02-05
Key To The Kingdom
Key To The Kingdom
7,426 4:05 1999-01-01
Dodging Assassins
Dodging Assassins
6,191 3:11 1999-01-01
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - 2 Meter Session
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - 2 Meter Session
2,836 4:14 2019-02-27
Two Princes - Acoustic Cover
Two Princes - Acoustic Cover
< 1000 4:51 2019-04-01

New releases

Spin Doctors (Live in Napa Valley, CA 2014)
Spin Doctors (Live in Napa Valley, CA 2014)
2020-09-18
[Jam In The Van]
Two Princes (Live in Napa Valley, CA 2014)
Two Princes (Live in Napa Valley, CA 2014)
2020-09-04
[Jam In The Van]
Songs from the Road
Songs from the Road
2015-05-18
[Ruf Records]
If the River Was Whiskey
If the River Was Whiskey
2013-04-30
[Ruf Records]
The Best Of
The Best Of
2011-05-13
[Sony Music Entertainment]
Because I Can Sing
Because I Can Sing
2011-03-18
[Columbia]
Nice Talking To Me
Nice Talking To Me
2005-01-01
[RuffNation Music, Inc.]
Nice Talking To Me
Nice Talking To Me
2005-01-01
[Spin Doctors]
Two Princes - The Best Of
Two Princes - The Best Of
2004-01-19
[Sony Music Media]
Just Go Ahead Now: A Retrospective
Just Go Ahead Now: A Retrospective
2000-10-24
[Epic/Legacy]
Just Go Ahead Now: A Retrospective
Just Go Ahead Now: A Retrospective
2000-01-01
[Columbia/Legacy]
Here Comes The Bride
Here Comes The Bride
1999-01-01
[Universal Records]
You've Got To Believe In Something
You've Got To Believe In Something
1996-02-05
[Epic]
Turn It Upside Down
Turn It Upside Down
1994-06-14
[Epic]
Homebelly Groove
Homebelly Groove
1993-08-18
[Epic]
HOMEBELLY GROOVE
HOMEBELLY GROOVE
1992-11-24
[Epic]
Pocket Full Of Kryptonite
Pocket Full Of Kryptonite
1991-08-27
[Epic]
Pocket Full Of Kryptonite (Anniversary Edition)
Pocket Full Of Kryptonite (Anniversary Edition)
1991-01-01
[Epic/Legacy]
Just Go Ahead Now: A Retrospective
Just Go Ahead Now: A Retrospective
1991-01-01
[Epic/Legacy]