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“Ode To My Family” by The Cranberries

From the album No Need to Argue (1994)

“Ode To My Family” by The Cranberries appears on 27 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1995 and 2024. It was first released in 1994 on the album No Need to Argue. Its best result is #15 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #47 alternative song of 1995, #1,208 alternative song of all time and #382 of the '90s.

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"Ode to My Family" was the second single from the Cranberries' second album, No Need to Argue, sent out by Island on 21 November 1994. Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan wrote it, Stephen Street produced and engineered it, and it's a hushed, wistful thing: chiming acoustic and electric guitars from Hogan and O'Riordan, Mike Hogan's bass and Fergal Lawler's drums and percussion keeping a gentle sway, and O'Riordan's voice doing the heavy lifting.

It was a hit far from home: a chart-topper in Iceland, a top-five single in France and Australia, and a top-ten one in New Zealand. Samuel Bayer directed the video, and in 2017 the band cut a stripped-down acoustic version for the Something Else album.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 52 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 107
1995 27 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995 91
1995 56 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 101
1995 15 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 100
1995 38 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 104
1995 63 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 95
1995 67 WDRE Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 111 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1999 331 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 920 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1308 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 726 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 1308 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1313 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1312 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1297 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1297 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1298 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 722 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 721 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 741 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 756 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 786 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 815 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 863 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2023 732 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 377 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738

Also listed as: Ode to My Family.

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