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“My Wave” by Soundgarden

From the album Superunknown (1994)

“My Wave” by Soundgarden appears on 36 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 1994 and 2023. It was first released in 1994 on the album Superunknown. Its best result is #38 on the WFNX Top 50 Grunge Songs of All-Time (June 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #55 alternative song of 1994 and #1,451 alternative song of all time.

36countdowns
17stations
#38best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1994–2023years charted

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Soundgarden - My Wave (Official Music Video)

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"My Wave" is Soundgarden at their most gloriously lopsided, a Superunknown track from 1994 that lurches along mostly in 5/4 on a strange E-E-B-B-B-B tuning, so the riff never lands quite where your foot expects it. Chris Cornell wrote the words and built the music with Kim Thayil, and the two guitars grind against Ben Shepherd's bass and Matt Cameron's drums like a wave that keeps breaking sideways. Michael Beinhorn produced with the band, Jason Corsaro engineered and Brendan O'Brien mixed.

A&M sent it to American radio in September 1994 as the album's fourth single, and it climbed to 11 on the Mainstream Rock chart and 18 on Modern Rock. The only shops that stocked it as a single were in Australia, and the video, out that October, never made it into MTV's rotation.

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

RockLists rankings

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 49 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 107
1994 49 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994 91
1994 78 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 106
1994 68 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 101
1994 46 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 100
1994 93 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 94

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 886 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 911 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 558 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1998 689 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 241 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 887 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 273 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 875 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
1999 694 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2000 63 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 103
2002 38 WFNX WFNX Top 50 Grunge Songs of All-Time (June 2002) 50
2002 89 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 320 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 436 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2004 183 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 454 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 66 WBCN WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004) 104
2005 365 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2007 367 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 1376 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1382 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1401 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1222 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1275 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1271 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1281 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2020 267 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 289 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 294 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 286 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2023) 420

Charting alongside it in 1994

Best songs of 1994 →
  1. 1Black Hole SunSoundgarden
  2. 2CloserNine Inch Nails
  3. 3Self-EsteemThe Offspring
  4. 4Interstate Love SongStone Temple Pilots
  5. 5Come Out and PlayThe Offspring
  6. 6Basket CaseGreen Day

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