Song · Sloan
“The Good In Everyone” by Sloan
From the album One Chord to Another (1996)
“The Good In Everyone” by Sloan appears on 6 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2023. It was first released in 1996 on the album One Chord to Another. Its best result is #45 on The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,858 alternative song of all time.
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"The Good in Everyone" kicked the door open for One Chord to Another, Sloan's third album, out on Murderecords in 1996. Patrick Pentland wrote it, and he's owned up that the opening takes its cue from the Damned's "New Rose", which explains why it tears out of the gate like a punk single wearing power-pop clothes, loud and sugar-rushed.
The album version even stages a gig: CFNY-FM DJ Neil "Brother Bill" Morrison welcomes the band over screaming fans, lifted from Sloan's show at the Molson Amphitheatre on August 5, 1995, and the screams come back at the end. The radio edit drops the crowd and throws in the chorus twice more. It reached number 9 on Canada's singles chart, showed up on the first Big Shiny Tunes, later served as the theme for George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight on CBC, and remains one of the band's best-loved songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 513 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2009 | 45 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge | 200 |
| 2009 | 167 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) | 200 |
| 2010 | 67 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) | 200 |
| 2012 | 65 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 New Rock Songs of All-Time | 102 |
| 2023 | 873 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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