Album · Chris Isaak
Forever Blue by Chris Isaak
Forever Blue is an album by Chris Isaak, released in 1995. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 30 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Somebody's Crying”, on 19 lists with a best position of #39.
Forever Blue, Chris Isaak's fifth album, came out on Reprise on May 23, 1995, and it's his reverb-soaked rockabilly revival at its moodiest. The echo-drenched guitars and that swooping, wide-ranging voice still summon the ghosts of Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley, but the shadows run longer here, and every so often he kicks up the tempo and lets the twang snarl.
"Somebody's Crying", a slow, aching ballad, picked up a Grammy nomination, and "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing", all sultry, slinking menace, later found a second life in Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut. "Graduation Day" turned up in the 1996 film Beautiful Girls. The album itself was nominated for Best Rock Album at the Grammys, losing out to Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Forever Blue on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somebody's Crying | 19 | #39 | – | 1995–2022 | |
| 2 | Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing | 9 | #67 | – | 1995–2026 | |
| 3 | Go Walking Down There | 2 | #89 | – | 1995–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.