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“Leave Them All Behind” by Ride
From the album Going Blank Again (1992)
“Leave Them All Behind” by Ride appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1992 and 2024. It was first released in 1992 on the album Going Blank Again. Its best result is #40 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #234 alternative song of 1992.
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"Leave Them All Behind" throws open Going Blank Again, Ride's second album, and the band sent it out ahead of the record as its first single in early 1992: a gauntlet flung at every other band staring at its shoes. The words, credited to Mark Gardener, are a swaggering boast about how far ahead of the shoegaze pack Ride reckoned they were, which is exactly why they wanted it leading the charge. Gardener and Andy Bell share the lead vocal, and the music is credited to all four of them, Loz Colbert and Steve Queralt included.
The swagger paid off. It crashed into the UK singles chart at No. 9, the highest Ride ever climbed and the first Creation Records single to crack the British top ten, and it is still counted among their finest songs and one of the high-water marks of shoegaze.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 40 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 818 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2024 | 199 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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