Song · It's Immaterial
“Driving Away from Home” by It's Immaterial
Released 1986
“Driving Away from Home” by It's Immaterial appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1987 and 1999. It was first released in 1986. Its best result is #48 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #122 alternative song of 1987 and #5,327 alternative song of all time.
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It's Immaterial put out "Driving Away from Home (Jim's Tune)" as a single in March 1986, and it climbed to 18 in the UK that April and hung around the chart for eight weeks. John Campbell and Jarvis Whitehead wrote it, and the band called it a British on-the-road song, which is exactly how it plays.
Its birth was messy. They first tracked it in Milwaukee with Talking Heads' Jerry Harrison, balked when he wanted to turn it into a country-and-western pastiche, and headed back to England to cut it again with Dave Bascombe. Milwaukee left its mark anyway. The Jim in the title is Jim Lieber, a harmonica player from a blues band they caught in a bar there, and they liked his playing in the studio so much they put his name on the song.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 48 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 | 91 |
| 1987 | 88 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 399 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
| 1991 | 753 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 1999 | 959 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
Also listed as: Driving Away From Home.
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