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Blow in the Wind by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Blow in the Wind is an album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released in 2001. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Wild World”, on 4 lists with a best position of #33.
Blow in the Wind, the third album from punk rock cover merchants Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, came out on Fat Wreck Chords in 2001, and this time the whole songbook is golden oldies. Spike Slawson sings, with Chris Shiflett, Joey Cape, Fat Mike and Dave Raun behind him, and the gimmick is gloriously dumb: take a sweet singalong, floor the gas pedal and turn it into a mosh-pit anthem.
The best jokes are the ones hidden in the arrangements. "Sloop John B" crashes into the Ramones' "Teenage Lobotomy", "Elenor" borrows from the Clash's "London Calling", "San Francisco" nods to Bad Religion's "Stranger Than Fiction", and "Different Drum" signs off with the riff from the Seekers' "Georgy Girl". "Wild World" got the countdown attention, and Hollywood came calling later: "Different Drum" rolls over the credits of Dodgeball, and "Sloop John B" turned up in The Wolf of Wall Street in 2013.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Blow in the Wind on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wild World | 4 | #33 | – | 2001–2002 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.