Song · Silverchair
“The Door” by Silverchair
From the album Freak Show (1996)
“The Door” by Silverchair appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1997. It was first released in 1996 on the album Freak Show. Its best result is #27 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #188 alternative song of 1997.
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"The Door" was the last single Silverchair pulled from Freak Show, their 1996 second album, and Daniel Johns, who wrote both the words and the music, was frank about where it came from: Led Zeppelin, and just about anything else from that era. It's the Australian band reaching past grunge for some vintage heavy-rock swagger.
The funny part is that Johns didn't care for it at first. He played it for his bandmates Ben and Chris, they took to it straight away and wanted to keep building on it, and he gave in mostly out of curiosity; after a little reshaping he came round to it completely. Nick Launay produced and recorded it and Andy Wallace mixed it. In 2022 The Guardian put it at number five on its list of the 25 best Silverchair songs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 27 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997 | 100 |
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