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“Them Bones” by Alice In Chains

From the album Dirt (1992)

“Them Bones” by Alice In Chains appears on 40 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 1992 and 2026. It was first released in 1992 on the album Dirt. Its best result is #39 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #152 alternative song of 1992 and #1,247 alternative song of all time.

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"Them Bones" was the second single from Dirt, Alice in Chains' second album, sent to American radio by Columbia in September 1992, and it hits like a shock to the system: Jerry Cantrell's lurching, off-kilter riff, Sean Kinney's drums and Mike Starr's bass lumbering like something climbing out of a grave, and Layne Staley's howl locked against Cantrell's harmonies. Cantrell wrote it alone, Dave Jerden produced it with the band and mixed it, and Bryan Carlstrom recorded it.

It reached 24 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and 30 on Modern Rock Tracks, and it has been a fixture of the band's anthologies ever since, turning up on Nothing Safe: Best of the Box, Greatest Hits, The Essential Alice in Chains, the Music Bank box set and the Live album.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1992 39 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1992 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 508 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 568 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 389 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1998 380 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 595 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 228 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 493 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 425 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2001 326 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 109 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 160 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2004 220 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 61 WBCN WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) 104
2005 198 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 425 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2013 917 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 341 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2014 188 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2014 847 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 333 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2015 925 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2019 252 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2019 454 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2020 267 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 308 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 277 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 239 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2021 390 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2022 479 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 239 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 159 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 103 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 220 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 369 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 108 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2024 119 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738
2025 417 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 150 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2026 296 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500

Charting alongside it in 1992

Best songs of 1992 →
  1. 1Friday I'm in LoveThe Cure
  2. 2Under the BridgeRed Hot Chili Peppers
  3. 3DriveR.E.M.
  4. 4OneU2
  5. 5JeremyPearl Jam
  6. 6TomorrowMorrissey

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