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“Off The Record” by My Morning Jacket

From the album Z (2005)

“Off The Record” by My Morning Jacket appears on 23 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2005 and 2025. It was first released in 2005 on the album Z. Its best result is #30 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #130 alternative song of 2006 and #2,816 alternative song of all time.

23countdowns
11stations
#30best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
2005–2025years charted

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My Morning Jacket - Off The Record

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"Off the Record" came out on ATO Records in October 2005, lifted from My Morning Jacket's album Z, and it catches the band in a loose, bouncing mood, riding a springy groove with guitars that glint instead of roar. Jim James, Patrick Hallahan and Two-Tone Tommy share the writing credit.

The video plays like a paranoid game of telephone: a schoolboy whispers something to a girl, she passes it along, and the secret keeps travelling until it reaches an office building, where the police start hauling people away for repeating it.

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#StationCountdownof
2005 93 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2005 107
2005 72 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 150
2005 383 ModernRock.com Online ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 400
2006 76 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2006 100
2006 88 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006 89
2006 30 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 101
2006 55 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2006 103

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2007 1011 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1291 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 113 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2009 1303 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 544 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2010 1343 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1313 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1308 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 332 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2014 1271 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2016 137 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2022 514 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 1070 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2022 946 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2024 595 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2025 686 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714

Also listed as: Off the Record.

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