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“Ana's Song (Open Fire)” by Silverchair
From the album Neon Ballroom (1999)
“Ana's Song (Open Fire)” by Silverchair appears on 12 radio countdowns from 12 stations in 1999. It was first released in 1999 on the album Neon Ballroom. Its best result is #15 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #58 alternative song of 1999, #4,998 alternative song of all time and #449 of the '90s.
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Silverchair's "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" was the second single from Neon Ballroom, the Australian band's third album, released on Murmur in 1999, and Daniel Johns wrote it about as nakedly as a songwriter can. Ana is the name people living with anorexia nervosa give the illness, and the song is about Johns' own fight with it; that same year he went public, saying anxiety and depression had brought the disorder on.
Nick Launay produced, recorded and mixed it, letting the song swell from a brittle hush to a wounded, soaring chorus without ever burying the voice. It reached 14 on the ARIA singles chart and 12 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, picked up two ARIA nominations and won the band a Comet Award in Germany.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 105 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 55 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 | 91 |
| 1999 | 60 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 70 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 58 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 | 99 |
| 1999 | 74 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 56 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 | 89 |
| 1999 | 95 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
| 1999 | 15 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 62 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 975 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 1999 | 42 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of All-Time (1999) | 99 |
Also listed as: Ana's Song; Ana's song (Open Fire).
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