Song · Mad Season
“I'm Above” by Mad Season
From the album Above (1995)
“I'm Above” by Mad Season appears on 5 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1995 and 1999. It was first released in 1995 on the album Above. Its best result is #438 on the KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,711 alternative song of all time.
"I'm Above" comes from Above, the only studio album Mad Season ever made, out on Columbia on March 14, 1995. Layne Staley wrote the words; the music is credited to Staley, Mike McCready, Barrett Martin and Mark Lanegan, and Lanegan is credited on vocals too.
The band was a Seattle side project with roots in recovery. McCready went into rehab in Minneapolis while Pearl Jam were making Vitalogy, met John Baker Saunders there, and back home in 1994 the two joined up with Screaming Trees drummer Martin. McCready then brought in the Alice in Chains frontman, hoping that time around sober musicians would help Staley get sober himself. They cut the album that year at Bad Animals Studio in Seattle, with Brett Eliason, who knew McCready from his days running sound for Pearl Jam, producing and mixing.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 674 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 438 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 509 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 903 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 815 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
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