Song · Alice In Chains
“Got Me Wrong” by Alice In Chains
From the EP Sap (1992)
“Got Me Wrong” by Alice In Chains appears on 16 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1994 and 2022. It was first released in 1992 on the EP Sap. Its best result is #36 on the WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #194 alternative song of 1994 and #3,186 alternative song of all time.
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Jerry Cantrell wrote "Got Me Wrong" for Sap, the 1992 EP where Alice in Chains let the harmonies do the heavy lifting. Cantrell and Layne Staley share the vocals, their voices twisting around each other over a creeping, circling guitar figure, and the song carries the band's trademark gloom even at low volume. Rick Parashar recorded and mixed it.
Its second life came from the movies: a slightly different version landed on the soundtrack to the 1994 film Clerks, playing as Randal first shows up, and Columbia pushed it to US radio that November on the strength of it. The band later gave it an acoustic airing at their 1996 MTV Unplugged concert, and it turned up on both Nothing Safe: Best of the Box and Music Bank.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 77 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 | 107 |
| 1994 | 87 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 455 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 356 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 434 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 505 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 322 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 259 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 961 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 533 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2000 | 91 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103 New Rock Songs of the Millennium | 103 |
| 2002 | 301 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2002 | 550 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2004 | 36 | WBCN | WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) | 104 |
| 2009 | 386 | Live 105 | Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) | 500 |
| 2022 | 715 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
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