Song · Dinosaur Jr.
“Just Like Heaven” by Dinosaur Jr.
Released 1989
“Just Like Heaven” by Dinosaur Jr. appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1989 and 2024. It was first released in 1989. Its best result is #12 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #90 alternative song of 1989 and #4,137 alternative song of all time.
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Dinosaur Jr. took the Cure's "Just Like Heaven" and made it their own in 1989, with Wharton Tiers engineering the session. The song arrived with a sweet backstory: Robert Smith wrote the words from memories of a trip to the seaside with the woman he would later marry, while the music is credited to the whole Cure lineup of the time, Smith with Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Lol Tolhurst and Boris Williams. Countdowns kept the Dinosaur Jr. take around well into the next decade.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 12 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1617 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 416 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2022 | 784 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2024 | 100 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
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