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“You Were Meant For Me” by Jewel
From the album Pieces of You (1994)
“You Were Meant For Me” by Jewel appears on 14 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1997 and 2025. It was first released in 1994 on the album Pieces of You. Its best result is #13 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #85 alternative song of 1997 and #3,408 alternative song of all time.
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"You Were Meant for Me" was the second single from Pieces of You, Jewel's first album, and it's a small, sad song about a relationship that's over and a woman fumbling her way through the days after, trying and failing to get on with things. She wrote it with Steve Poltz, and Ben Keith's production keeps it homespun and folky, with Spooner Oldham on keyboards, Tim Drummond on bass and Oscar Butterworth on drums giving her voice plenty of room.
It refused to go away. A 1997 reissue that paired it with the then-unreleased "Foolish Games" sent it back up the Hot 100, and it racked up 65 weeks on that chart, a record at the time. Jewel later cut it again for her Greatest Hits, with the Pistol Annies singing backup.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 13 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 29 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 | 101 |
| 1997 | 38 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 610 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 1668 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1668 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1668 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1660 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1647 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1647 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1646 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2021 | 901 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 130 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2025 | 134 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
Also listed as: You Were Meant for Me.
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