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“Mountain Song” by Jane's Addiction

From the album Nothing’s Shocking (1988)

“Mountain Song” by Jane's Addiction appears on 38 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1989 and 2023. It was first released in 1988 on the album Nothing’s Shocking. Its best result is #43 on the 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 70s & 80s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #137 alternative song of 1989 and #361 alternative song of all time.

38countdowns
12stations
#43best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1989–2023years charted

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"Mountain Song" was the only single from Nothing's Shocking, Jane's Addiction's 1988 debut studio album, and it hits like a rockslide. Perry Farrell wrote the words, and the music is credited to the whole band: Eric Avery's bass lumbering up front like it owns the place, Dave Navarro's guitar slashing across the top and Stephen Perkins pounding out a tribal stomp underneath.

Farrell yowls over it all like a shaman who's wandered into a metal club, and the song swings between menace and swagger without ever deciding which it prefers. It's heavy enough to rattle the metalheads and strange enough for the art-school crowd, a neat trick for a debut.

It didn't chart, and it never matched the pull of the promotional single "Jane Says", but time has been kind: it's now counted among the great anthems of alternative rock.

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
1989 58 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 317 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 437 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 209 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 181 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1995 123 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1995 296 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 105 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 322 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1998 184 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 940 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 310 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 185 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 371 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 371 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 371 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 371 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 460 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 371 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 744 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 432 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 371 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 373 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 428 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2005 43 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the 70s & 80s 96
2006 411 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 348 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 314 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 291 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 378 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 291 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 293 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 307 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 309 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 310 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2018 833 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2021 500 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2023 834 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909

Also listed as: The Mountain Song.

Charting alongside it in 1989

Best songs of 1989 →
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  2. 2StandR.E.M.
  3. 3Here Comes Your ManThe Pixies
  4. 4She Drives Me CrazyFine Young Cannibals
  5. 5Love ShackThe B-52's
  6. 6Personal JesusDepeche Mode

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