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“Out of My Head” by Fastball
From the album All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998)
“Out of My Head” by Fastball appears on 8 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2014. It was first released in 1998 on the album All the Pain Money Can Buy. Its best result is #52 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #277 alternative song of 1999 and #2,183 alternative song of all time.
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Tucked into All the Pain Money Can Buy, Fastball's 1998 album, "Out of My Head" is a hushed rock ballad with Sunday-morning gospel in its bones. Bennett Salvay's Hammond organ and piano carry most of the weight, and bassist Tony Scalzo, who wrote it, sings lead, with guitarist Miles Zuniga slipping in a harmony on the last chorus while Joey Shuffield keeps the drums soft and steady.
It went to rock radio in January 1999 and to pop stations a couple of months later, and it climbed to 20 on the Hot 100. Jim Gable's video shot the band in sepia, and the chorus found a second life in 2016, reworked for Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello's "Bad Things".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 52 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 744 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 803 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 824 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 847 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 876 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 925 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 972 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
Also listed as: Out Of My Head.
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