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“Something Out of Nothing” by Soul Asylum
From the album And the Horse They Rode In On (1990)
“Something Out of Nothing” by Soul Asylum appears on 14 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2014. It was first released in 1990 on the album And the Horse They Rode In On. Its best result is #735 on the CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,866 alternative song of all time.
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"Something Out of Nothing" is a Dave Pirner song, words and music, from And the Horse They Rode In On, Soul Asylum's fifth full-length album, released on A&M in 1990. Steve Jordan produced the record, and most of it was cut live on an A&M sound stage in Los Angeles before the band finished it off in Cannon Falls. They went in playing whatever they felt like rather than chasing one consistent sound, and they stayed long enough to leave a pile of outtakes behind.
"Spinnin'" was the album's first single, and the band took it on the road across North America. The Vancouver Sun reckoned they had poured all that hardcore fury and beer-and-skateboards rowdiness into some of the most tuneful songwriting around.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 735 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 786 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 789 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 789 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 789 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 789 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 789 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 1810 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1743 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1730 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1767 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1840 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1908 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1982 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
Also listed as: Something Out Of Nothing.
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