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“Mrs. Rita” by Gin Blossoms

From the EP Up and Crumbling (1991)

“Mrs. Rita” by Gin Blossoms appears on 16 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1993 and 2014. It was first released in 1991 on the EP Up and Crumbling. Its best result is #66 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #202 alternative song of 1993 and #990 alternative song of all time.

16countdowns

2stations

#66best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1993–2014years charted

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"Mrs. Rita" comes from Up and Crumbling, the Gin Blossoms EP released on October 8, 1991, and it's jangle-pop with a wistful ache: bright chiming guitars from Doug Hopkins and Jesse Valenzuela, a mandolin shimmer from Valenzuela, and Valenzuela and Robin Wilson sharing the vocals. Jim Swafford wrote it with Valenzuela.

John Hampton produced it with the band, engineered and mixed it, and he keeps everything clean and close, with Bill Leen's bass and Phillip Rhodes' drums pushing the tune along without a wasted beat. The countdowns kept finding room for it for more than two decades.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1993	66	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993	101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	448	Q101	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1017
1999	1018	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	763	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	763	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	763	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2003	763	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	763	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	763	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	667	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	627	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	651	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	668	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	689	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	723	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	756	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013

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