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“Til I Hear It From You” by Gin Blossoms
Released 1995
“Til I Hear It From You” by Gin Blossoms appears on 20 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1995 and 2026. It was first released in 1995. Its best result is #31 on the Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #50 alternative song of 1995, #3,110 alternative song of all time and #447 of the '90s.
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"Til I Hear It from You" kicked off the Empire Records soundtrack in July 1995, the first single pulled from it, and it's Gin Blossoms doing what they do best: bright, chiming jangle pop with a lump in its throat. Robin Wilson and Jesse Valenzuela wrote it with Marshall Crenshaw, and the band produced it with John Hampton, who also engineered and mixed. The guitars ring, the chorus lifts right on cue, and the words are plain boy-needs-girl stuff, a guy who won't believe a thing until she tells him herself.
Billboard hailed it as about as near to pop perfection as radio had heard in years. It spent six weeks on top in Canada, and in January 1996, paired with "Follow You Down" as a double-A side, it climbed to number nine on the Hot 100.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 94 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 | 107 |
| 1995 | 66 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995 | 91 |
| 1995 | 67 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 | 101 |
| 1995 | 41 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 | 100 |
| 1995 | 48 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 | 103 |
| 1995 | 41 | Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT | WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 | 104 |
| 1995 | 31 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 | 95 |
| 1995 | 55 | WDRE Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA | WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1420 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1420 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1422 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1420 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1406 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1406 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1405 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2016 | 432 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2023 | 488 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2024 | 635 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2025 | 247 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
| 2026 | 1040 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
Also listed as: 'Till I Hear It From You; Til I Heard it From You; 'Til I Hear It From You; Til' I Hear it From You; Till I Hear It From You; ?Til I Hear It From You.
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