Song · Silverchair
“Israel's Son” by Silverchair
From the album Frogstomp (1995)
“Israel's Son” by Silverchair appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1995 and 1999. It was first released in 1995 on the album Frogstomp. Its best result is #98 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #353 alternative song of 1996 and #6,457 alternative song of all time.
Frogstomp, Silverchair's 1995 debut, gave up "Israel's Son" as its third single, after "Pure Massacre", and Daniel Johns wrote every word and note of it. The singer and guitarist said it came from an execution he'd seen on television: he had a video of it, watched it one night, dreamed about it, and woke up with a song. Kevin Shirley produced, and it came out on Murmur, a heavy, brooding slab of alternative metal.
Nigel Dick directed the video, filmed on December 19, 1995, at Rancho Maria in Canyon Country, California. The song later made the band's first compilation, The Best Of: Volume 1, in 2000, and in April 2022 the Guardian ranked it No. 8 among the 25 best Silverchair songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 98 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 927 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 867 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 803 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
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