Song · Sloan
“Coax Me” by Sloan
From the album Twice Removed (1994)
“Coax Me” by Sloan appears on 4 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2010. It was first released in 1994 on the album Twice Removed. Its best result is #105 on The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,776 alternative song of all time.
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"Coax Me" led off Twice Removed, the second album from Canadian band Sloan, in 1994, and by Chris Murphy's own account it's an allegory about the gulf between life on a major label and making music only to please yourself. Murphy sings lead and plays bass, with Jay Ferguson and Patrick Pentland on guitar and Andrew Scott on drums, and Jim Rondinelli produced and mixed it with the band.
The lyric namechecks the industrial band Consolidated before taking a jab at somebody's fans, and Murphy later explained that the fans in question were Kate Bush's, not Consolidated's: Ferguson came up with the line after running into a few overzealous Bush devotees among his classmates. It reached 30 on Canada's RPM singles chart and later turned up on the compilation A Sides Win: Singles 1992-2005.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 718 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2009 | 105 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge | 200 |
| 2009 | 182 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) | 200 |
| 2010 | 106 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) | 200 |
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