Song · Sleater-Kinney
“Dig Me Out” by Sleater-Kinney
From the album Dig Me Out (1997)
“Dig Me Out” by Sleater-Kinney appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2021 and 2024. It was first released in 1997 on the album Dig Me Out. Its best result is #134 on The Best Opening Tracks of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,481 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Dig Me Out" is the title track of Sleater-Kinney's third album, released on Kill Rock Stars in April 1997, and all three of them wrote it: Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss, the new drummer making her debut on this record and on her way to becoming the band's longest-serving one. John Goodmanson produced and recorded it at John and Stu's Place in Seattle over the winter of 1996 into 1997.
The album leaned on traditional rock and roll for its music and heartbreak and survival for its words, and this is the door it kicks open. KEXP took it to number six on its album chart without it ever being a single, and the record around it is now counted as the band's breakthrough.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 154 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 423 | KEXP | KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) | 491 |
| 2024 | 884 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 134 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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