Song · Alice In Chains
“Again” by Alice In Chains
From the album Alice in Chains (1995)
“Again” by Alice In Chains appears on 16 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1996 and 2024. It was first released in 1995 on the album Alice in Chains. Its best result is #17 on the WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #110 alternative song of 1996 and #2,543 alternative song of all time.
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"Again" came off Alice in Chains' self-titled 1995 album as its third single, reaching radio in February 1996, and it catches the band at their most bruising. Layne Staley wrote the words and co-wrote the music with Jerry Cantrell, whose guitar grinds away underneath while his backing vocals shadow Staley's lead; Mike Inez on bass and Sean Kinney on drums keep the whole thing lurching forward. Toby Wright produced it with the band and mixed it too.
It climbed to No. 8 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1997, and a remixed version later turned up on the Music Bank box set in 1999.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 67 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
| 1996 | 17 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996 | 104 |
| 1997 | 75 | 97.1 The Eagle Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | KEGL The Eagle's Top 97 Songs of 1997 | 97 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 361 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 985 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 297 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 747 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 390 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2001 | 456 | WBRU | WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) | 500 |
| 2002 | 326 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2002 | 1280 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2004 | 67 | WBCN | WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) | 104 |
| 2020 | 261 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2021 | 275 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) | 420 |
| 2022 | 277 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 189 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
| 2024 | 289 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) | 400 |
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