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“Don't Follow” by Alice In Chains

From the EP Jar of Flies (1994)

“Don't Follow” by Alice In Chains appears on 24 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1994 and 2024. It was first released in 1994 on the EP Jar of Flies. Its best result is #315 on the 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #949 alternative song of all time.

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#315best position
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0top 10 finishes
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"Don't Follow" is the quiet heart of Alice in Chains' 1994 EP Jar of Flies, a Jerry Cantrell song that trades the band's sludge for an unplugged, bluesy hush. Nothing on it is electrically amplified, and for the first half there's no rhythm section at all, just Cantrell's melancholy voice and the lonesome wail of a harmonica.

Then Layne Staley steps in and the song turns into a dialogue, which was Cantrell's plan all along: two sides of one story, sung by two different men. Mike Inez, Randy Biro and Cantrell's guitar tech Darrell Peters fill in the backing voices on the second half, and Toby Wright handled the mix. It's as bruised and tender as anything the band put on tape.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 847 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 476 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 459 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1998 472 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 647 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 901 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 434 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 465 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2000 434 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 436 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 436 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 388 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 793 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 436 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 436 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 437 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1193 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1206 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1161 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 978 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1010 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1066 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1118 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2024 315 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400

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