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“Somebody To Shove” by Soul Asylum

From the album Grave Dancers Union (1992)

“Somebody To Shove” by Soul Asylum appears on 45 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 1992 and 2024. It was first released in 1992 on the album Grave Dancers Union. Its best result is #35 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #39 alternative song of 1992, #437 alternative song of all time and #486 of the '90s.

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16stations
#35best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1992–2024years charted

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"Somebody to Shove" was the opening shot from Soul Asylum's sixth album, Grave Dancers Union, released as its first single in 1992. Dave Pirner wrote the words and music, Michael Beinhorn produced it for Columbia, and Andy Wallace mixed it with the punch turned all the way up.

It's a big, bruising, restless rocker, guitars shoving and jostling like a crowd at the front of the stage while Pirner hollers in that hoarse, frayed voice of his. The band sounds lean and hungry here, bar-band muscle with a pop hook sharp enough to cut.

It climbed to number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks and to nine on Album Rock Tracks. Zack Snyder directed the video, and he came back to shoot the clip for the next single, "Black Gold", too.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1992 35 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 107
1992 77 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1992 91
1992 81 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1992 105
1992 35 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 101
1992 56 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992 100
1992 49 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992 102

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 133 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 160 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 299 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 139 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 255 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 293 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 163 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 622 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 274 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 163 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 274 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 163 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 272 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 163 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 465 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 300 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 163 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 163 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 329 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 163 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 644 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 403 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 441 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 723 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 681 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 652 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 669 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 690 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 722 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 754 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2020 380 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 500 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 768 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 367 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 323 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 368 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 210 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 375 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420
2024 605 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738

Also listed as: Somebody to Shove.

Charting alongside it in 1992

Best songs of 1992 →
  1. 1Friday I'm in LoveThe Cure
  2. 2Under the BridgeRed Hot Chili Peppers
  3. 3DriveR.E.M.
  4. 4OneU2
  5. 5JeremyPearl Jam
  6. 6TomorrowMorrissey

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