Song · Matthew Sweet
“Looking At The Sun” by Matthew Sweet
From the album Girlfriend (1991)
“Looking At The Sun” by Matthew Sweet appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1991 on the album Girlfriend. Its best result is #742 on the CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,078 alternative song of all time.
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"Looking at the Sun" is Matthew Sweet's song through and through, words and music, and it sits on Girlfriend, his third studio album, which Zoo Entertainment released on October 22, 1991. Sweet made the record in 1990 in the wake of his divorce, and he later said it wound up holding everything he needed to feel, a kind of antidote; when people fretted that a breakup album might be the end of his good songs, he shrugged that he would surely be just as miserable again someday. Guitarists Robert Quine and Richard Lloyd, the latter once of Television, both contributed to the album.
Girlfriend became his breakthrough with critics and buyers alike, eventually going gold, and it has since been hailed as a landmark of '90s power pop.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1006 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 742 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 742 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 742 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 742 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 742 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 742 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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