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“Crash Into Me” by Dave Matthews Band

From the album Crash (1996)

“Crash Into Me” by Dave Matthews Band appears on 70 radio countdowns from 29 stations between 1997 and 2025. It was first released in 1996 on the album Crash. Its best result is #4 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #33 alternative song of 1997, #225 alternative song of all time and #134 of the '90s.

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Dave Matthews Band's "Crash Into Me" comes from Crash, the group's second album, and when it went out as the record's third single in 1996 it showed just how softly this band could play. Dave Matthews wrote it alone and carries it on acoustic guitar, his voice murmuring and then rising, while the band colors in around the edges: Boyd Tinsley's violin, Stefan Lessard on bass and piano, LeRoi Moore's saxophones and flute drifting in like smoke, and guest Tim Reynolds adding more guitar.

Steve Lillywhite produced and mixed it, with John Siket engineering, and he keeps everything hushed and close, so it feels less like a performance than a late-night confession.

Coming after "So Much to Say", it climbed to number two on Billboard's Triple-A chart and number 30 in Canada, and at the 1998 Grammy Awards it was up for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

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
1997 19 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 107
1997 33 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 4 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101
1997 21 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 100
1997 8 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 107
1997 77 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1997 99
1997 24 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 103
1997 99 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 104
1997 24 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 222 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 28 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 38 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 36 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 120 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 114 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 486 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 211 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 49 The Buzz The Buzz Top 99 Songs of All-Time (1999) 99
2000 23 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of the '90s (September 2000) 100
2000 289 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 208 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 290 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 208 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 1858 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2001 31 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 67 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 208 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 76 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2002 726 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 38 91X 91X Top 91 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 91
2003 105 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 208 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 175 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 208 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 174 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 207 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 397 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 81 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of the '90s (December 2006) 107
2006 454 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 216 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 802 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 801 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 821 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 701 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2010 843 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2010 795 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 871 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 116 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2013 921 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 970 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 431 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2014 411 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2015 437 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2016 651 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2020 43 DC101 Top DC101 of the 90's 101
2020 541 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2020 84 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2020 138 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 45 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 112 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 48 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 115 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2022 280 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2023 114 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 113 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2023 31 ALT 104.5 ALT 104.5 Top 104 of ALT Time 104
2023 435 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2023 341 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2024 714 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2025 92 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500

Also listed as: Crash into Me.

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