Song · Phish
“Julius” by Phish
From the album Hoist (1994)
“Julius” by Phish appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1994 on the album Hoist. Its best result is #1164 on the CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,660 alternative song of all time.
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"Julius" kicks off Phish's 1994 album Hoist, and Elektra sent it out as the band's seventh promotional single. Trey Anastasio wrote it with lyricist Tom Marshall, who built the words on the assassination of Julius Caesar and on Shakespeare's play about it, which is about as far from a typical blues rock subject as you can get.
The music, though, is pure juke-joint blues rock, and producer Paul Fox dressed it up for a big night out: the Tower of Power Horn Section, with Greg Adams, Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka, David Mann and Lee Thornburg, punches in brass, while Rose Stone, Jean McClain and the Rickey Grundy Chorale pile on the gospel-sized backing vocals. Ed Thacker recorded and mixed it, and the whole thing struts like a band that has decided to have fun in public.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1175 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1176 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1180 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1179 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1164 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1164 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1164 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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