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“My Sister” by The Juliana Hatfield Three

From the album Become What You Are (1993)

“My Sister” by The Juliana Hatfield Three appears on 34 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1993 and 2023. It was first released in 1993 on the album Become What You Are. Its best result is #33 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #25 alternative song of 1993 and #513 alternative song of all time.

34countdowns
12stations
#33best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1993–2023years charted

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Juliana Hatfield put out "My Sister" on Mammoth in 1993 as the lead single from Become What You Are, her second album, and it doubled as the introduction to a new band. After Blake Babies fell apart and she spent a spell working with the Lemonheads, Hatfield rounded up drummer Todd Philips and bassist Dean Fisher, dubbed the lineup the Juliana Hatfield Three, and cut the record with them.

The kicker: Hatfield doesn't have a sister. The one in the song grew out of an older woman she thought of as a sister figure, so the whole thing is part portrait, part daydream, delivered with a wide-eyed bite. It became the biggest hit of her career, going to number one on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, and it landed at 37 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 1993 in Australia.

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
1993 40 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1993 107
1993 33 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1993 91
1993 45 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993 105
1993 36 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993 101
1993 37 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 256 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 369 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 916 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 152 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 271 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 125 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 227 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 125 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 229 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 125 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 252 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 125 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 528 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 347 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 125 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 125 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 298 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 125 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 821 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 233 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 974 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 916 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 877 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 834 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 863 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 901 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 936 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 301 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2023 747 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893

Charting alongside it in 1993

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  1. 1CannonballThe Breeders
  2. 2CreepRadiohead
  3. 3LingerThe Cranberries
  4. 4PlushStone Temple Pilots
  5. 5No RainBlind Melon
  6. 6Soul to SqueezeRed Hot Chili Peppers

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