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“Slackjawed” by The Connells
From the album Ring (1993)
“Slackjawed” by The Connells appears on 13 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1993 and 2005. It was first released in 1993 on the album Ring. Its best result is #51 on the Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #159 alternative song of 1993 and #2,436 alternative song of all time.
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"Slackjawed" was the American calling card for Ring, the fifth studio album the Connells released in 1993. Lou Giordano produced it with the band, and the writing credit stretches across seven names: Mike Connell, David Connell, George Huntley, Tim Harper, Doug MacMillan, Steve Potak and Peele Wimberley.
In the States it did the heavy lifting: the album only scraped onto the Billboard 200 at number 199, but "Slackjawed" climbed to number nine on Billboard's alternative chart. Europe had other ideas and fell hard for "'74–'75", which went top ten in 11 countries and became the band's biggest hit. For the record's 30th anniversary in 2023, Ring came back remastered, on vinyl for the first time, with demos and B-sides in tow.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 51 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 405 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) | 500 |
| 1996 | 409 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) | 498 |
| 1999 | 462 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 1249 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1249 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1256 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1255 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 1978 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1240 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 1462 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 1240 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1241 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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