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“Soul Singing” by Black Crowes
From the album Lions (2001)
“Soul Singing” by Black Crowes appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2001 and 2024. It was first released in 2001 on the album Lions. Its best result is #14 on the WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #414 alternative song of 2001.
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"Soul Singing" was the second single from Lions, the Black Crowes' sixth album, issued by V2 in July 2001, and like every original Crowes song it carries both Robinson brothers' names. Rich had been sitting on the riff for a long time; Chris built the melody and words on top of it, with his then-wife Kate Hudson on his mind. They argued over the shape: Chris was happy with one section all the way through, Rich wanted a second, and after some back-and-forth Rich won.
He played it on a metal-bodied James Trussart electric with a resonator-like ring, the one guitar he felt could pass for acoustic in the verses and still turn electric in the chorus. Don Was produced, Chris Lord-Alge mixed, and Rose Stone and Julia, Maxine and Oren Waters sing backup.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 95 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
| 2001 | 73 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2001 | 37 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 41 Songs of 2001 | 40 |
| 2001 | 14 | 93XRT Chicago, IL | WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2001 | 30 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 613 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2024 | 886 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
Also listed as: Soul Singin'.
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