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“It's Only Natural” by Crowded House

From the album Woodface (1991)

“It's Only Natural” by Crowded House appears on 22 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1991 and 2023. It was first released in 1991 on the album Woodface. Its best result is #35 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #72 alternative song of 1991 and #1,462 alternative song of all time.

22countdowns
7stations
#35best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1991–2023years charted

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"It's Only Natural" comes from Crowded House's third studio album, Woodface, in 1991, and it's the sound of Neil and Tim Finn writing together at full strength, pop songcraft that feels effortless and chiming. Neil Finn and Mitchell Froom produced it, Tchad Blake recorded it and Bob Clearmountain mixed.

It was meant to be the album's lead single, and a promotional release went out in June 1991, but plans changed, and Capitol didn't issue it commercially until that December, as the third single. In Britain it came even later, as the fifth Woodface single in September 1992. It reached 15 in Australia, 24 on the UK Singles Chart and five on the US Modern 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#StationCountdownof
1991 35 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991 107
1991 76 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991 105

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 1262 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1264 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1268 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 445 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2002 1267 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1961 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1252 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 1986 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 1252 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1252 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 449 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2007 973 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 920 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 943 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 973 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1003 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1058 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1109 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 666 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2023 1136 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229

Charting alongside it in 1991

Best songs of 1991 →
  1. 1Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana
  2. 2Losing My ReligionR.E.M.
  3. 3UnbelievableEMF
  4. 4Kiss Them for MeSiouxsie and the Banshees
  5. 5RushBig Audio Dynamite
  6. 6Give It AwayRed Hot Chili Peppers

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