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“Reach for the Sky” by Social Distortion

From the album Sex, Love and Rock ’n’ Roll (2004)

“Reach for the Sky” by Social Distortion appears on 32 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 2004 and 2024. It was first released in 2004 on the album Sex, Love and Rock ’n’ Roll. Its best result is #21 on the CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #51 alternative song of 2004, #1,436 alternative song of all time and #247 of the '00s.

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"Reach for the Sky" was the first single from Social Distortion's 2004 album Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll, released on Time Bomb, and it finds the punk band in a mid-tempo, rough-edged rock and roll mood, with a chorus that reaches upward just as the title promises.

It went out to radio on 31 August 2004 and climbed to number 27 on the Modern Rock chart that November.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 23 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004 107
2004 26 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004 91
2004 33 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004 106
2004 84 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 100
2004 65 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004 93
2004 50 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2004 24 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 77 Songs of 2004 77
2004 55 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004 89
2004 21 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 86 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004 99
2004 92 99X Atlanta, GA 99X Essential 99 of 2004 99
2004 70 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004 88
2004 35 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 103
2004 43 WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004 106
2004 26 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2004 50
2005 36 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005 107
2005 35 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005 106
2005 55 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2005 107
2005 21 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005 102
2005 54 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2005 100
2005 101 ModernRock.com Online ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 400

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 1984 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1966 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 50 The Edge KEDJ Top 103 on Independent Radio 103
2007 238 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 316 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 316 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 315 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 302 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 286 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 267 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2024 846 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055

Also listed as: Reach For The Sky; Reach For the Sky.

Charting alongside it in 2004

Best songs of 2004 →
  1. 1Somebody Told MeThe Killers
  2. 2American IdiotGreen Day
  3. 3Float OnModest Mouse
  4. 4Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand
  5. 5VertigoU2
  6. 6MegalomaniacIncubus

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