Song · Our Lady Peace
“Innocent” by Our Lady Peace
From the album Gravity (2002)
“Innocent” by Our Lady Peace appears on 15 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2002 and 2012. It was first released in 2002 on the album Gravity. Its best result is #5 on The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #68 alternative song of 2002.
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"Innocent" was the second single Our Lady Peace took from Gravity in 2002, and it's the sound of a band being coaxed toward plain speech. Raine Maida wrote it alone, sat on it for more than a year and was nervous about even playing it for the others. It began life as "Arrogant", with a different set of words, until producer Bob Rock pushed Maida to rework the album's songs so listeners could actually follow them.
What came out is a sketch of two kids stuck at a hard age: Johnny, who wants to be a star but can't get a song finished, and Tina, who can't make peace with how she looks, with John Lennon and Kurt Cobain name-checked along the way. Steve Mazur and Mike Turner's guitars ring out, Duncan Coutts and Jeremy Taggart hold it steady, and Randy Staub's mix keeps Maida's voice right up front.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 100 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 | 101 |
| 2002 | 79 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 28 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 | 89 |
| 2002 | 79 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 100 |
| 2002 | 32 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 | 99 |
| 2002 | 74 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 | 105 |
| 2002 | 42 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2002 | 224 |
| 2002 | 11 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2002 | 40 |
| 2002 | 60 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 | 103 |
| 2002 | 45 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 | 103 |
| 2002 | 88 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 | 99 |
| 2003 | 5 | The Bear Ottawa, ON | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 183 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium | 200 |
| 2011 | 31 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s | 102 |
| 2012 | 73 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time | 102 |
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