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“Gel” by Collective Soul
From the album Collective Soul (1995)
“Gel” by Collective Soul appears on 13 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1995 and 2024. It was first released in 1995 on the album Collective Soul. Its best result is #59 on the WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #118 alternative song of 1995 and #3,368 alternative song of all time.
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"Gel" was the lead single from Collective Soul's self-titled 1995 album, going out to US radio that January, and it got a second push when it landed in the comedy The Jerky Boys and on its soundtrack. Ed Roland wrote it, sings it and co-produced it with Matt Serletic, and it's a hard rock charge in B major at a brisk 143 beats per minute, three guitars (Roland, Dean Roland and Ross Childress) locked in over Will Turpin's bass and Shane Evans's drums.
Listen closer and there's a string section tucked in the back, with violin, viola, cello and double bass. Dean Roland later said the song bridged the band's first record and its second, clearing the way for "December" and "The World I Know". It went to number two on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 59 | Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT | WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 | 104 |
| 1995 | 79 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 | 103 |
| 1995 | 71 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 | 95 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 62 | CRNC 90.1 | CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of the '90s | 91 |
| 1995 | 850 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 882 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 476 | WNEW-FM | WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) | 500 |
| 1999 | 563 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 874 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 344 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2002 | 957 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2005 | 605 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2024 | 393 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) | 400 |
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