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“Soulshine” by Gov't Mule

From the album The Deep End, Volume 1 (2001)

“Soulshine” by Gov't Mule appears on 19 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2007 and 2026. It was first released in 2001 on the album The Deep End, Volume 1. Its best result is #6 on the 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,036 indie & aaa song of all time.

19countdowns

5stations

#6best position

0#1 finishes

3top 10 finishes

2007–2026years charted

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Warren Haynes wrote "Soulshine", the Allman Brothers Band recorded it in 1994 with Gregg Allman singing and turned it into a fan favorite, and when Haynes and bassist Allen Woody formed Gov't Mule they took it with them. The Mule have played it at their shows ever since.

The version on The Deep End, Volume 1, from 2001, came after Woody's death, so Willie Weeks steps in on bass, and the guest list stretches to Chuck Leavell on electric piano and organ and Little Milton adding guitar and a vocal. It also turns up on the Mule's Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends, The Deepest End and Live in Concert releases. In 2024 the song lent its name to a benefit concert that Haynes and Dave Matthews Band hosted at Madison Square Garden for hurricane relief in North Carolina and Florida.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

#903 of all time

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2007	897	WTMD	WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time	897
2009	345	WYEP	WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade	913
2009	439	WXPN	WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)	885
2011	9	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011)	1100
2012	6	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012)	1200
2013	451	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013)	1000
2013	10	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013)	500
2014	495	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014)	1000
2014	23	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014)	400
2015	451	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015)	1007
2015	142	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015)	499
2016	101	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016	1007
2016	683	WYEP	WYEP 913 Countdown 2016	913
2020	1758	WXPN	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time	2020
2022	1113	WYEP	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022	603
2023	267	WYEP	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023	1229
2023	517	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time	909
2024	593	WYEP	WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years	1049
2026	526	WYEP	WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time	1180

Also listed as: Soul Shine.

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