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“Pain Lies On The Riverside” by Live

From the album Mental Jewelry (1991)

“Pain Lies On The Riverside” by Live appears on 27 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1992 and 2014. It was first released in 1991 on the album Mental Jewelry. Its best result is #62 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #115 alternative song of 1992 and #1,066 alternative song of all time.

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"Pain Lies on the Riverside" comes off Mental Jewelry, the album Live released on December 31, 1991, their first under that name and their major-label debut after a record and an EP as Public Affection. It's one of the tracks that shows off the band's early funk-rock leanings, courtesy of Patrick Dahlheimer's rubbery slap bass.

Dahlheimer wrote the music with Chad Gracey, Ed Kowalczyk and Chad Taylor, Jerry Harrison produced and Tom Lord-Alge mixed. Much of the album, meanwhile, leans on the ideas of the Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1992 62 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 107
1992 62 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 344 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 320 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 210 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 397 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 308 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 1216 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 283 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 1217 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 284 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 1220 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 261 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 1219 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 359 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 1204 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1204 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 268 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 1204 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 587 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 1291 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1289 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1315 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1353 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1413 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1465 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1522 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Pain Lies on the Riverside; Pain Lies On the Riverside.

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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