Song · Magnapop
“Open The Door” by Magnapop
From the album Rubbing Doesn’t Help (1996)
“Open The Door” by Magnapop appears on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1996 and 2022. It was first released in 1996 on the album Rubbing Doesn’t Help. Its best result is #106 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #358 alternative song of 1996 and #4,443 alternative song of all time.
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"Open the Door" came off Magnapop's 1996 album Rubbing Doesn't Help, and Play It Again Sam gave it the full singles treatment: a CD maxi-single, a two-track CD and a seven-inch pressed on red vinyl, with Priority handling a promo CD and a ten-inch. Geza X produced and engineered it, and Thom Wilson mixed.
Linda Hopper and Ruthie Morris wrote it about grief, the pair working through the deaths of people they both knew, and it doesn't flinch. Neither did the 1996 video, which MTV censored for showing drug abuse. The song stuck around in the band's sets, too: live takes surfaced on the German edition of Mouthfeel in 2005 and on Magnapop Live at Maxwell's that same year.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 106 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1592 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1592 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1592 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1584 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2022 | 633 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
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