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“Shame On You” by The Indigo Girls
“Shame On You” by The Indigo Girls appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2007 and 2014. Its best result is #919 on the CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,445 alternative song of all time.
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"Shame on You" came off the Indigo Girls' 1997 album Shaming of the Sun, and it's a protest song with a grin on its face. On one side it throws a party for Chicano culture; on the other it goes after the crackdown on illegal immigration, calling it out as both racist and hypocritical. The spark came from the screen, specifically filmmaker David Zeiger's documentary Displaced in the New South.
Steve Earle drops by to sing backup and blow harmonica, which roughens up the folk-rock sheen in all the right places. It's the kind of political song you can hum on the way home, which only makes the sting land harder.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 919 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 964 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 998 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1033 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1068 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1126 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1186 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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