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“Something in the Way” by Nirvana

From the album Nevermind (1991)

“Something in the Way” by Nirvana appears on 18 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2002 and 2025. It was first released in 1991 on the album Nevermind. Its best result is #91 on the 98KUPD Top 98 of 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,960 alternative song of all time.

18countdowns

9stations

#91best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

2002–2025years charted

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"Something in the Way" is the hush at the end of Nevermind, Nirvana's 1991 album, the last song on the track list before most copies roll through about ten minutes of silence into the hidden "Endless, Nameless". Kurt Cobain wrote it and sings it barely above a mumble over a slow, sludgy strum, with Kirk Canning's cello moaning underneath and Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl adding ghostly backing vocals. Butch Vig produced it with the band, and Andy Wallace mixed it.

It never went out as a single and the band seldom played it live, yet it charted for the first time in 2020 once it turned up in the trailer for The Batman. In March 2022 it entered the Hot 100 at 46, Nirvana's first appearance there in two decades.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#1,960 of all time

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

#3,368 of all time

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2022	91	98KUPD Phoenix, AZ	98KUPD Top 98 of 2022	98

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2002	387	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2007	1254	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1199	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1217	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	1249	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	1302	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	1312	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1325	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2021	579	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s	908
2022	759	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s	900
2022	470	X96	X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time	500
2022	846	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time	1055
2022	151	105.9 The X	105.9 The X July 420 (2022)	420
2023	528	The Current	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s	893
2023	888	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time	909
2023	208	105.9 The X	105.9 The X July 420 (2023)	420
2025	320	99.1 PLR	99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025)	400

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