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“Somewhere Out There” by Our Lady Peace

From the album Gravity (2002)

“Somewhere Out There” by Our Lady Peace appears on 22 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 2002 and 2022. It was first released in 2002 on the album Gravity. Its best result is #2 on the Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #46 alternative song of 2002, #5,001 alternative song of all time and #277 of the '00s.

22countdowns
20stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
2002–2022years charted

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"Somewhere Out There" opened the campaign for Our Lady Peace's fifth studio album, Gravity, as its lead single in 2002, and it's the sound of the Canadian band trading some of their stranger edges for arena-sized polish. Bob Rock produced and recorded it, Randy Staub mixed it, and Raine Maida, who wrote it alone, pushes his voice over Steve Mazur and Jamie Edwards' guitars, Edwards' keyboards, Duncan Coutts' bass and Jeremy Taggart's drums.

It became their best-charting single in the States, reaching 44 on the Hot 100, and ranked as the ninth-most-played song on Canadian radio that year. Not everyone was sold: some critics grumbled that it was too mainstream and missing the oddball spark of the older records. And because the chorus leans so hard on the album's title word, plenty of listeners filed it under "Gravity" instead.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 78 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 51 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 48 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 87 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 65 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 72 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 13 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 78 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 35 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 58 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 106
2002 31 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2002 25 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2002 40
2002 23 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 60 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 104
2002 2 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2002 38 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 577 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2010 22 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 200
2010 33 94.1 The Zone 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade 210
2011 21 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of the 2000s 102
2012 87 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time 102
2022 407 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500

Charting alongside it in 2002

Best songs of 2002 →
  1. 1By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2AerialsSystem of a Down
  3. 3ToxicitySystem of a Down
  4. 4You Know You're RightNirvana
  5. 5All My LifeFoo Fighters
  6. 6SweetnessJimmy Eat World

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