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“Something So Strong” by Crowded House

From the album Crowded House (1986)

“Something So Strong” by Crowded House appears on 21 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1999 and 2025. It was first released in 1986 on the album Crowded House. Its best result is #286 on the WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,456 alternative song of all time.

21countdowns
6stations
#286best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1999–2025years charted

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"Something So Strong" comes from Crowded House's debut album of 1986, and it went out in April 1987 as the fifth and last single from the record. Neil Finn wrote it as the very first song meant specifically for the new band, then reworked parts of it with producer Mitchell Froom, which is why Froom shares the writing credit.

It's a bright, bouncing piece of pop rock, all chiming hooks and Finn's warm, easy voice, and it sounds light as air. In the US it climbed to number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it did even better in New Zealand. Chris Bourke later borrowed its title for his 1997 book on the band.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 286 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 1361 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 477 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 1361 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1363 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1362 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 834 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1348 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 968 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 1348 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1348 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1302 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1234 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1235 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1267 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1321 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1334 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1391 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2023 450 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 640 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2025 359 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800

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