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“Tones of Home” by Blind Melon
From the album Blind Melon (1992)
“Tones of Home” by Blind Melon appears on 13 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1993 and 2023. It was first released in 1992 on the album Blind Melon. Its best result is #45 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #61 alternative song of 1993 and #4,101 alternative song of all time.
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"Tones of Home" was Blind Melon's first single, pulled from their self-titled 1992 debut, and it's a loose, swaggering slice of hippie rock with Shannon Hoon's high, tangled howl out front. Rogers Stevens and Christopher Thorn twine their electric guitars, Brad Smith plays bass, and Glen Graham rounds out his drums with congas and cowbell. Rick Parashar produced and mixed it with the band, and the writing credit goes to Hoon, Stevens, Thorn, Smith and Graham along with Howard Boschan.
It first reached number 20 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, but its second life was bigger. Once "No Rain" broke the band, "Tones of Home" went out again with a new video that picked up the Bee Girl story where "No Rain" left it, and this time it reached number 10 on the Album Rock Tracks chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 65 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993 | 107 |
| 1993 | 45 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993 | 91 |
| 1993 | 59 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 383 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) | 500 |
| 1996 | 391 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) | 498 |
| 1999 | 953 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 464 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) | 500 |
| 2002 | 1196 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2007 | 2002 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1979 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 2007 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2021 | 383 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 536 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
Also listed as: Tones Of Home.
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