Song · Living Colour
“Nothingness” by Living Colour
From the album Stain (1993)
“Nothingness” by Living Colour appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1993 and 2002. It was first released in 1993 on the album Stain. Its best result is #80 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #269 alternative song of 1993 and #6,989 alternative song of all time.
Living Colour slowed right down for "Nothingness", the third single from Stain, their third album, and the song first appeared in February 1993. Drummer Will Calhoun wrote it as a tribute after his father's death, and it's a ballad about isolation and loneliness that opens on chirping crickets and a guitar figure that sounds more like a synthesizer than a six-string.
The bass does the heavy lifting, steering the song and throwing in flashy funk fills, and Corey Glover's voice has an eerie doubled quality for an unusual reason: he cut his vocal by singing at a satellite dish set up outside, the mic mounted in the spot normally taken by the feedhorn. That's why the single's sleeve went with a satellite theme. It later turned up on the compilations Pride and Everything Is Possible: The Very Best of Living Colour.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 80 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1767 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
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