Song · Our Lady Peace
“Right Behind You” by Our Lady Peace
“Right Behind You” by Our Lady Peace appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2001. Its best result is #53 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #339 alternative song of 2001.
"Right Behind You (Mafia)" opens Spiritual Machines, Our Lady Peace's fourth album, once Ray Kurzweil's six-second introduction is out of the way, and like much of that record it grew out of Kurzweil's book The Age of Spiritual Machines. As Raine told it, the song talks back: he bought much of Kurzweil's argument, but the predictions left out the human spirit, so the answer was not a middle finger but a vow to fight for the soul. It began life as "Spirit Mafia", or just "Mafia".
Pearl Jam's Matt Cameron sat in on drums while Jeremy Taggart recovered from an injury, and it was the band's last single with founding guitarist Mike Turner. It went out in July 2001 as the album's third and final single, but it underperformed and was abandoned, video and all.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 53 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 | 89 |
| 2001 | 89 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
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