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Grave Dancers Union by Soul Asylum
Grave Dancers Union is an album by Soul Asylum, released in 1992. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 158 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Runaway Train”, on 73 lists with a best position of #6.
Grave Dancers Union, Soul Asylum's sixth album, came out on Columbia Records on October 6, 1992, and it's the sound of a scrappy guitar band cleaning up just enough to take on the mainstream. Michael Beinhorn produced it, giving the band's ragged alternative rock a big, polished punch without sanding off all the grit.
"Somebody to Shove" kicks the door in with a loud, ragged, shouting chorus, "Black Gold" broods and builds over heavy, roiling guitars, and "Without a Trace" has a loose, rootsy, heartsick sway. But the one everybody remembers is "Runaway Train", a wistful, acoustic-driven ballad that climbed to number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the biggest hit of the band's career.
It paid off in a big way. Grave Dancers Union went double platinum in the US, for sales of two million copies.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Grave Dancers Union on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Runaway Train | 73 | #6 | – | 1993–2025 | |
| 2 | Somebody To Shove | 45 | #35 | – | 1992–2024 | |
| 3 | Black Gold | 33 | #35 | – | 1992–2023 | |
| 4 | Without A Trace | 7 | #1301 | – | 1999–2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.