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“Just Because” by Jane's Addiction

From the album Strays (2003)

“Just Because” by Jane's Addiction appears on 28 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 2003 and 2010. It was first released in 2003 on the album Strays. Its best result is #7 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #11 alternative song of 2003, #6,887 alternative song of all time and #142 of the '00s.

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#7best position
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Jane's Addiction - Just Because

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"Just Because" was the song Jane's Addiction sent out first to announce Strays, their third album, in 2003, and it hits like a band with something to prove. The writing credit is split five ways, between Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins, Chris Chaney and Bob Ezrin, and the result is a tight, heavy groove with a gleam on it: brutal enough for the old faithful, glossy enough for radio. Classic Rock heard that balance too, and gave the band credit for bringing an actual song instead of teenage moping.

It paid off. The track became the band's third number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, their first top-ten on Mainstream Rock, their only Billboard Hot 100 entry and their best-charting single in Britain. The video puts them inside a dome awash in flashing lights.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 32 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 107
2003 13 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003 91
2003 7 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 106
2003 20 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 27 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 20 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003 92
2003 15 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 40 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003 89
2003 14 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 34 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 24 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 55 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 107
2003 31 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003 106
2003 96 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 105
2003 33 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003 50
2003 33 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003 103
2003 51 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003 103
2003 71 102.1 The Edge Dallas-Fort Worth, TX KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 22 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 104
2003 47 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2003 196
2003 36 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003 100
2003 27 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2004 87 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 1919 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1919 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 87 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2005 1909 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2010 105 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210

Charting alongside it in 2003

Best songs of 2003 →
  1. 1Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes
  2. 2Like a StoneAudioslave
  3. 3Bring Me to LifeEvanescence
  4. 4Somewhere I BelongLinkin Park
  5. 5Times Like TheseFoo Fighters
  6. 6Weak and PowerlessA Perfect Circle

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