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“Gravedigger” by Dave Matthews
“Gravedigger” by Dave Matthews appears on 18 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2003 and 2022. Its best result is #3 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #68 alternative song of 2003 and #7,354 alternative song of all time.
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"Gravedigger" is Dave Matthews stepping out on his own: his first solo single away from the Dave Matthews Band, taken from his debut solo album Some Devil, and in February 2004 it won the Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Matthews wrote it alone, and he has described it as a walk through a graveyard, reading the names and dates of birth and death on the stones and imagining the lives that led there, several stories woven into one.
It began life in spring 2002 as an intro Matthews played alone during band concerts, a version naming just two people, Merrill Lee and Robert John Smith. It has since turned up solo, with Tim Reynolds and at Dave Matthews & Friends concerts, and on the 2008 and 2009 tours the whole Dave Matthews Band played it regularly.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 52 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003 | 91 |
| 2003 | 58 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 | 100 |
| 2003 | 88 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003 | 92 |
| 2003 | 42 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 | 101 |
| 2003 | 33 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 | 100 |
| 2003 | 65 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 | 102 |
| 2003 | 63 | The Bear Ottawa, ON | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 | 107 |
| 2003 | 80 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003 | 99 |
| 2003 | 76 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 | 105 |
| 2003 | 67 | 102.1 The Edge Dallas-Fort Worth, TX | KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003 | 102 |
| 2003 | 48 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 | 104 |
| 2003 | 3 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1948 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1949 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2009 | 202 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 554 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2013 | 660 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2022 | 1111 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
Also listed as: Grave Digger.
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