Song · Bob Mould
“Who Was Around?” by Bob Mould
From the album The Last Dog and Pony Show (1998)
“Who Was Around?” by Bob Mould appears on 5 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1998 and 2002. It was first released in 1998 on the album The Last Dog and Pony Show. Its best result is #91 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #423 alternative song of 1998 and #6,707 alternative song of all time.
"Who Was Around?" comes from The Last Dog and Pony Show, Bob Mould's fourth solo album, released in August 1998, and he kept nearly every job for himself. Mould wrote it, produced it and sang it, and played guitar, bass, keyboards and percussion, splitting the sampler with engineer Jim Wilson while Matt Hammon handled the drums.
The album's title was a retirement notice for the loud part of his life on the road: Mould planned to stop touring with a full electric band once this record's run was over, worn out by months of full-volume nights, and he held to that until Body of Song in 2005. He has described his albums as swinging between bright and dark, and after the closed-in gloom of the last one, this is the looser, more outgoing turn, its stories simpler and more universal.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 91 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1923 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1925 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1925 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1910 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
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