Song · Hole
“Softer, Softest” by Hole
From the album Live Through This (1994)
“Softer, Softest” by Hole appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1995 and 2002. It was first released in 1994 on the album Live Through This. Its best result is #81 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #311 alternative song of 1995 and #5,022 alternative song of all time.
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"Softer, Softest" sits eighth on Live Through This, Hole's second album, from 1994, and it's older than the record by a stretch: Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson were already playing it on the band's UK tour in the winter of 1991, when it still went by "Pee Girl". It took its final shape in early 1993, and the first known studio take came that January 21 in Rio de Janeiro, cut during breaks in a Nirvana session with Love on guitar and vocals, new drummer Patty Schemel, and Love's husband Kurt Cobain on bass.
Paul Q. Kolderie and Sean Slade produced the album version and Scott Litt mixed it. It became the album's fourth and final single, issued only in Australia and the Netherlands as Hole came off their long 1995 tour.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 81 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995 | 91 |
| 1995 | 101 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 447 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 2002 | 1915 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
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