Song · Sarah McLachlan
“Adia” by Sarah McLachlan
From the album Surfacing (1997)
“Adia” by Sarah McLachlan appears on 14 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2014. It was first released in 1997 on the album Surfacing. Its best result is #1214 on the CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,687 alternative song of all time.
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"Adia" comes from Surfacing, Sarah McLachlan's fourth album, from 1997, and became a single in North America in March 1998. She wrote it with Pierre Marchand, her longtime producer, and has described it as a song about her struggle with feeling responsible for everybody around her.
It's a gentle, piano-led confession, McLachlan on piano, acoustic guitar and that soaring, feather-light voice, with Marchand on keyboards and bass, Brian Minato on bass and Ashwin Sood on drums and backing vocals. Its quiet ache carried it a long way: it became her first top-five hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number three, and ended 1998 as the country's 20th biggest song. The video has her singing straight into the lens in ordinary public places, from a busy intersection to a supermarket aisle.
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 | 1841 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1842 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1844 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1830 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1806 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1806 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1803 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 1214 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1294 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1319 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1356 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1417 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1467 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1526 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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