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“Interstate Love Song” by Stone Temple Pilots
From the album Purple (1994)
“Interstate Love Song” by Stone Temple Pilots appears on 135 radio countdowns from 55 stations between 1994 and 2026. It was first released in 1994 on the album Purple. Its best result is #3 on the WBCN Grunge Top 104 (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #9 alternative song of 1994, #81 alternative song of all time and #67 of the '90s.
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"Interstate Love Song" came out in 1994 as the second single from Purple, Stone Temple Pilots' second album on Atlantic, and it's the band cruising in top gear. Robert DeLeo wrote the music, Scott Weiland wrote the words, and Brendan O'Brien produced, and the thing moves like a car with the windows down: a breezy, slightly jazzy acoustic lick up front, then a rolling, road-hungry riff and a chorus Weiland croons with an easy, bruised swagger.
Radio couldn't let go. On September 17, 1994, it took over the top of Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart from the band's own "Vasoline" and sat there for 15 weeks, a record back then, giving STP 17 straight weeks at number one. It stalled at number two on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, hit the same spot in Iceland and reached number 20 in Canada, and Australia's Triple J listeners voted it number 17 in their Hottest 100 of 1994.
The years have been kind to it. It landed on the greatest hits set Thank You in 2003, VH1 named it the 58th best hard rock song ever in 2009, and Pitchfork slotted it at number 175 among the 200 best tracks of the decade.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 13 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 | 107 |
| 1994 | 5 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994 | 91 |
| 1994 | 18 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 | 106 |
| 1994 | 5 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 | 101 |
| 1994 | 23 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 | 100 |
| 1994 | 5 | KISW Seattle-Tacoma, WA | KISW 25 Greatest Rock Songs from 1994 | 25 |
| 1994 | 17 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 | 100 |
| 1994 | 16 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 | 94 |
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