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“Just Like Anyone” by Soul Asylum
From the album Let Your Dim Light Shine (1995)
“Just Like Anyone” by Soul Asylum appears on 10 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1995 and 2021. It was first released in 1995 on the album Let Your Dim Light Shine. Its best result is #81 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #282 alternative song of 1995 and #3,100 alternative song of all time.
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"Just Like Anyone" came off Let Your Dim Light Shine, Soul Asylum's seventh album, in 1995, the second single from the record and a Dave Pirner song through and through. He sings it, plays guitar and organ, even blows a little trumpet, while Dan Murphy's guitar and voice tangle with his, Karl Mueller holds down the bass and Sterling Campbell drums.
Butch Vig produced it with the band and Andy Wallace mixed it, and the result is guitar pop with the corners rounded off: bright, chiming, hooky and slightly melancholy, with the organ humming underneath. It climbed to number 19 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, charted in Canada and the UK, and later landed on the Black Gold hits collection in 2000.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 81 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 | 101 |
| 1995 | 93 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 | 95 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1416 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1416 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1418 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1416 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1402 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1402 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1403 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2021 | 227 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
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