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One Simple Word by The Connells
One Simple Word is an album by The Connells, released in 1990. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 21 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Stone Cold Yesterday”, on 14 lists with a best position of #282.
One Simple Word, the fourth studio album from Raleigh, North Carolina's Connells, came out on TVT in October 1990, following Fun & Games and paving the road to Ring. It's jangle pop with a Southern accent: chiming, ringing guitars, clean melodies and lyrics that turn inward and look back at the history and culture of the South.
"Stone Cold Yesterday" is the keeper, a wistful chimer that reached No. 3 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, and the edgier "Get A Gun" followed it to No. 24. The album itself only nudged the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 168, but it hung around for 18 weeks, the kind of slow, steady life that suited a band this modest and melodic.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from One Simple Word on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stone Cold Yesterday | 14 | #282 | – | 1999–2024 | |
| 2 | Get A Gun | 7 | #379 | – | 1999–2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.