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“Jesus Christ Pose” by Soundgarden
From the album Badmotorfinger (1991)
“Jesus Christ Pose” by Soundgarden appears on 12 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1991 and 2023. It was first released in 1991 on the album Badmotorfinger. Its best result is #69 on the CFNY Top 91 Songs of 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #218 alternative song of 1991 and #3,984 alternative song of all time.
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"Jesus Christ Pose" was the first single Soundgarden pulled from Badmotorfinger, their third album, in 1991, and it carries all four names on the music: Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron, with Cornell writing the words. It came out of a rehearsal jam, Shepherd flopping around on a loud, murky, detuned bass line until Cameron locked it down with a drum part of ridiculous speed and precision, and within an hour the bones were there.
Terry Date produced it with the band and Ron Saint Germain mixed it, and the result is a full-bore attack on the senses, Thayil and Cornell's guitars grinding like heavy machinery while Cameron hammers away underneath. It later took its place on the 1997 hits set A-Sides.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 69 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 91 Songs of 1991 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 647 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 908 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 1998 | 763 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) | 1000 |
| 1999 | 546 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 1999 | 785 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 669 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2004 | 364 | 107.7 The End | The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) | 500 |
| 2019 | 183 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2022 | 341 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) | 420 |
| 2023 | 694 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 349 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) | 420 |
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