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“Born of Frustration” by James

“Born of Frustration” by James appears on 34 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1992 and 2024. Its best result is #3 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #18 alternative song of 1992, #681 alternative song of all time and #378 of the '90s.

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1992–2024years charted

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"Born of Frustration" was the single James sent out in January 1992 to follow "Sit Down" and "Sound", the pair of 1991 hits that had carried the Madchester band into the UK top 10. It came out on Fontana, taken from Seven, their fourth album, with Youth producing, and the writing credit is split three ways between Tim Booth, Jim Glennie and Larry Gott. As titles go, it reads like a mission statement.

At home it stalled at number 13, just shy of the two before it, but American alternative radio grabbed hold of it: the song climbed to number five on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, the best James had ever done there, and nothing of theirs topped it until "Laid" got to number three in 1993.

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#StationCountdownof
1992 11 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 107
1992 89 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1992 91
1992 3 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 105
1992 11 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 101
1992 64 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992 100
1992 45 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992 102

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1992 242 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 380 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 368 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1996 499 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1999 201 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 685 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 491 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 382 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 491 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 469 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 469 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 606 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 469 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 469 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 469 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 466 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 390 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 450 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 473 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 480 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 493 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 508 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 526 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 532 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 460 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 923 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2023 657 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2024 477 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738

Also listed as: Born Of Frustration.

Charting alongside it in 1992

Best songs of 1992 →
  1. 1Friday I'm in LoveThe Cure
  2. 2Under the BridgeRed Hot Chili Peppers
  3. 3DriveR.E.M.
  4. 4OneU2
  5. 5JeremyPearl Jam
  6. 6TomorrowMorrissey

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