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“Don't Think Twice” by Mike Ness
From the album Cheating at Solitaire (1999)
“Don't Think Twice” by Mike Ness appears on 14 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1999 and 2024. It was first released in 1999 on the album Cheating at Solitaire. Its best result is #35 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #118 alternative song of 1999 and #4,052 alternative song of all time.
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Mike Ness took Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" onto Cheating at Solitaire, his 1999 album, and made it his own. Dylan wrote the song in 1962, around the time his girlfriend Suze Rotolo stretched her stay in Italy indefinitely, and its opening melody leans on an old traditional tune that folksinger Paul Clayton had taught him. It's a shrugging goodbye that doesn't quite hide the hurt.
Ness produced and mixed his version with James Saez, who also engineered, and Josh Freese is on drums. Ness sings it with a gravel-voiced, road-worn swagger, turning a folk kiss-off into something closer to a honky-tonk last call.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 68 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 35 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 | 91 |
| 1999 | 89 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 68 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 217 | 91X | 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) | 500 |
| 2007 | 361 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
| 2007 | 1783 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1778 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1795 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1841 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1918 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1993 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2022 | 322 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2024 | 265 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
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