Song · Blue October
“Calling You” by Blue October
From the album History for Sale (2003)
“Calling You” by Blue October appears on 8 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2003 and 2007. It was first released in 2003 on the album History for Sale. Its best result is #4 on the KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #108 alternative song of 2003 and #6,838 alternative song of all time.
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"Calling You" was the only single Blue October pulled from History for Sale in 2003, a Justin Furstenfeld song that he produced with David Castell and handed to Tim Palmer to mix. It's the band at their most openhearted, a big, yearning alternative-rock plea with the emotion turned all the way up.
It took a while to catch on. A spot on the American Wedding soundtrack gave it a second life on the radio, and for a few years it stood as the band's biggest mainstream hit, until "Hate Me" overtook it in 2006. The song has had plenty of afterlives since: live on Argue With a Tree, in acoustic form on Furstenfeld's solo record Songs From An Open Book, and in a remix sent back to radio in July 2007 that landed on Foiled for the Last Time.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 | 101 |
| 2003 | 11 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 | 105 |
| 2003 | 4 | 102.1 The Edge Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003 | 102 |
| 2004 | 63 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004 | 105 |
| 2007 | 62 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1915 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1915 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1903 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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