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“Send the Pain Below” by Chevelle

From the album Wonder What’s Next (2002)

“Send the Pain Below” by Chevelle appears on 34 radio countdowns from 25 stations between 2003 and 2026. It was first released in 2002 on the album Wonder What’s Next. Its best result is #3 on the WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #21 alternative song of 2003, #1,649 alternative song of all time and #186 of the '00s.

34countdowns
25stations
#3best position
0#1 finishes
7top 10 finishes
2003–2026years charted

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Chevelle - Send the Pain Below (Official HD Video)

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"Send the Pain Below" was the second single from Wonder What's Next, Chevelle's 2002 second album, and it became one of their biggest hits, topping Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart in July 2003 and the Mainstream Rock chart a week later, where it kept coming back to number one. Pete Loeffler sings, plays guitar and wrote the words, with Joe Loeffler on bass and Sam Loeffler on drums, and the song lives on the alternative-metal trick of a coiled, murmured verse that snaps into a chorus like a steel trap.

Garth Richardson produced, Michael Elvis Baskette recorded and Andy Wallace mixed it heavy and clean. Jeff Richter's video follows a snowboarder straining to be the best, cut with the band playing in a room so cold you can see their breath.

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

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 22 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 107
2003 15 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 106
2003 5 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 15 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 15 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003 92
2003 3 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 6 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003 89
2003 17 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 5 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003 99
2003 18 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003 106
2003 14 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 105
2003 70 102.1 The Edge Dallas-Fort Worth, TX KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 85 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003 103
2003 53 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2003 196
2003 6 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003 103
2003 42 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003 50
2003 4 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 186 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 405 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 1865 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1892 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1926 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 8 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2010 1978 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2014 53 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 60 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 53 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 320 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2022 381 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2022 412 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 125 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 366 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2025 254 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) 400
2026 335 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Also listed as: Send The Pain Below.

Charting alongside it in 2003

Best songs of 2003 →
  1. 1Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes
  2. 2Like a StoneAudioslave
  3. 3Bring Me to LifeEvanescence
  4. 4Somewhere I BelongLinkin Park
  5. 5Times Like TheseFoo Fighters
  6. 6Weak and PowerlessA Perfect Circle

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