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“If Only” by Queens of the Stone Age
From the album Queens of the Stone Age (1998)
“If Only” by Queens of the Stone Age appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 1999. It was first released in 1998 on the album Queens of the Stone Age. Its best result is #64 on The End Top 107 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #228 alternative song of 1999 and #5,912 alternative song of all time.
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"If Only" comes from the self-titled 1998 debut by Queens of the Stone Age, a record Josh Homme made mostly in April 1998 with his old Kyuss bandmate Alfredo Hernández. The two wrote this one together; Hernández drums, and Homme sings and plays guitar, bass and keyboards, producing with Joe Barresi, who also mixed it.
That two-man setup gives the song its tight, hypnotic lock, and it's easy to hear why critics filed the album under stoner rock while reaching for krautrock names like Neu! and Can. Nick Oliveri, another Kyuss alum, had come aboard on bass by the time the album came out, and the album was later reissued in 2011 on Homme's Rekords Rekords label and again in 2022 on Matador.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 89 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 64 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 709 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 994 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
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