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“No Rain” by Blind Melon

From the album Blind Melon (1992)

“No Rain” by Blind Melon appears on 109 radio countdowns from 39 stations between 1993 and 2026. It was first released in 1992 on the album Blind Melon. Its best result is #2 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #5 alternative song of 1993, #64 alternative song of all time and #71 of the '90s.

109countdowns
39stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
4top 10 finishes
1993–2026years charted

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"No Rain" comes from Blind Melon's self-titled 1992 debut and went out as its second single in 1993, and it's as sun-dappled and easygoing as anything the alternative boom produced. All five members wrote it, singer Shannon Hoon, guitarists Rogers Stevens and Christopher Thorn, bassist Brad Smith and drummer Glen Graham, and the band produced it with Rick Parashar, who also engineered and mixed it with them.

It floats on Thorn's acoustic strum and Stevens' lazy electric curls, with Graham keeping it loose with finger snaps, shakers and percussion, and Hoon's voice, high and a little cracked, turning a daydream of a melody into something that sounds hard-won.

The video did the rest. Directed by Samuel Bayer and starring the "Bee Girl" character, it went into heavy rotation on MTV and helped push the album to multi-platinum sales. The song topped both Billboard's Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts, reached number 20 on the Hot 100, the band's best showing there, and got all the way to the top in Canada and to number eight in Australia.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1993 3 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993 107
1993 7 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993 91
1993 30 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993 105
1993 2 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993 101
1993 4 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
– 32 CRNC 90.1 CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of the '90s 91
1994 97 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 105 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1994 894 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 76 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1995 631 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 151 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 106 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1996 295 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1998 876 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1998 81 Triple J Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1998) 100
1999 61 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 69 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 359 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 410 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 78 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 53 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 94 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 201 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 436 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
1999 88 The Buzz The Buzz Top 99 Songs of All-Time (1999) 99
2000 89 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of the '90s (September 2000) 100
2000 34 DC101 DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s 101
2000 103 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 202 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 105 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 202 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 122 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 31 WFNX WFNX Top 50 Grunge Songs of All-Time (June 2002) 50
2002 123 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 202 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 274 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 169 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 202 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 163 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 200 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 111 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 611 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2005 17 Live 105 Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of the '90s (August 2005) 106
2005 27 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 90s 96
2005 190 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 51 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 46 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of the '90s (December 2006) 107
2006 160 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 60 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 254 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 64 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 45 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2007 413 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2008 106 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 43 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 41 CFNY 102.1 The Edge The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge 200
2009 111 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 45 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 69 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) 200
2010 51 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) 200
2010 50 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 51 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 151 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2013 52 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 53 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 194 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 185 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2018 626 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 156 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2019 555 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 466 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 496 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2020 57 DC101 Top DC101 of the 90's 101
2020 111 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 29 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 290 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 496 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2021 22 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 62 107.7 The End The End Obligatory Top 100 Alternative Songs of All Time (2021) 100
2021 34 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2021 207 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 817 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 14 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 31 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2022 137 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2022 40 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 680 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 1165 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2023 13 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 327 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 415 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2023 81 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 54 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 912 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 42 ALT 104.5 ALT 104.5 Top 104 of ALT Time 104
2023 887 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 228 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 356 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2024 574 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 819 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 23 107.7 The End The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024) 100
2025 91 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500
2025 1016 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2025 185 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 145 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2026 849 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180
2026 32 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500
2026 468 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500

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