Song · Sheryl Crow
“Soak Up The Sun” by Sheryl Crow
From the album C’mon, C’mon (2002)
“Soak Up The Sun” by Sheryl Crow appears on 8 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2002 and 2025. It was first released in 2002 on the album C’mon, C’mon. Its best result is #6 on the WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #6 indie & aaa song of 2002, #4,744 indie & aaa song of all time and #145 of the '00s.
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Sheryl Crow and her longtime co-writer Jeff Trott came up with "Soak Up the Sun" after a flight from Portland, Oregon, to New York City spent talking about the changing weather; she was recovering from surgery, and they set out to write something happy enough to cheer her up. Crow made it the first single from her fourth album, C'mon, C'mon, in 2002, hoping to lift spirits after 9/11. The narrator is flat broke, decides moping gets her nowhere, counts what she has and passes the good mood along.
Crow and Trott produced it, with Trott on lap steel, bass and electric guitar, Liz Phair guesting on vocals and Andy Wallace mixing. It reached number 17 on the Hot 100, and Wayne Isham's video put Crow on the beach and on a surfboard in Oahu.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6 | 93XRT Chicago, IL | WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2002 | 30 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 102 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2010 | 556 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2013 | 724 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2022 | 427 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 475 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 536 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
| 2025 | 520 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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