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“Cochise” by Audioslave

From the album Audioslave (2002)

“Cochise” by Audioslave appears on 36 radio countdowns from 25 stations between 2002 and 2026. It was first released in 2002 on the album Audioslave. Its best result is #19 on The End Top 107 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #28 alternative song of 2002, #4,803 alternative song of all time and #128 of the '00s.

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25stations
#19best position
0#1 finishes
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2002–2026years charted

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Audioslave - Cochise (Official Video)

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"Cochise" was the world's first taste of Audioslave, the opening single from the band's first, self-titled album, issued through Epic and first made available to stream on LAUNCHcast on September 25, 2002. The band produced it with Rick Rubin, and Rich Costey mixed it.

It began life as "Save Yourself", named after a phrase from its chorus, before taking the name of Cochise, the Apache chief. Tom Morello pictured him as a fearless avenger who tore through everything in his path, and said the song sounds like that, and it does: a hammering hard rock charge, Morello's guitar squalling and chopping over Tim Commerford's bass and Brad Wilk's pounding drums, with Chris Cornell's voice soaring and wailing over the top. Cornell's lyrics, though, have little to do with the chief, leaning instead on religious imagery.

It reached the top ten on both the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts and crossed over to number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 39 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 53 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002 91
2002 62 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 57 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 31 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 33 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 50 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 19 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 65 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 79 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 20 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 22 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 20 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 106
2002 50 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2002 224
2002 30 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 61 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 104
2002 86 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2002 20 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002 100
2002 75 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99
2002 36 KNAC Los Angeles, CA KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 105
2003 84 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 107
2003 66 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 106
2003 51 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 65 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 44 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 28 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 104
2003 76 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003 103
2003 54 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 50 K-Rock K-Rock Top 92 Party Songs of All-Time (2002) 92
2004 155 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 44 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2010 84 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 200
2011 85 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s 102
2022 427 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2024 557 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738
2026 482 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Charting alongside it in 2002

Best songs of 2002 →
  1. 1By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2AerialsSystem of a Down
  3. 3ToxicitySystem of a Down
  4. 4You Know You're RightNirvana
  5. 5All My LifeFoo Fighters
  6. 6SweetnessJimmy Eat World

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