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“Jimi Thing” by Dave Matthews Band

From the album Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)

“Jimi Thing” by Dave Matthews Band appears on 17 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1999 and 2026. It was first released in 1994 on the album Under the Table and Dreaming. Its best result is #688 on the KXT 917 Song Countdown. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,440 alternative song of all time.

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4stations

#688best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1999–2026years charted

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"Jimi Thing" comes from Under the Table and Dreaming, the Dave Matthews Band's debut studio album, out on September 27, 1994, and it was one of the four singles that followed "What Would You Say" off the record. Dave Matthews wrote it alone and sings it, playing acoustic guitar over Carter Beauford's drums and Stefan Lessard's bass, and the groove is loose enough to stretch out in.

The album's guitars have a story of their own. Steve Lillywhite, who produced, sat Matthews and Tim Reynolds face to face with a sheet of glass between them to play the same acoustic parts, twice through every song, then often nudged Reynolds up and Matthews down before Reynolds laid more acoustic and electric guitar on top. Chris Dickie engineered, and Tom Lord-Alge mixed.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#1,440 of all time

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	1243	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	1243	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	1250	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2001	1689	WFPK	WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time	2000
2002	1249	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2003	1234	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	1234	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	1236	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	842	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	836	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	856	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	883	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	916	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	964	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1021	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2021	779	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s	908
2026	688	KXT	KXT 917 Song Countdown	917

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