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The Ocean Blue

Band Hershey United States Formed 1986 American indie pop

The Ocean Blue formed in 1986 in Hershey, United States. The Ocean Blue has 50 chart appearances on 23 radio countdowns from 8 stations on RockLists, spanning 1989–2005. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Sublime”, which appears on 11 lists with a best position of #40. The station that charted The Ocean Blue most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 29 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1989.

50appearances

23countdowns

6songs charted

8stations

0#1 finishes

1989–2005years

The Ocean Blue came out of Hershey, Pennsylvania, in 1986. David Schelzel sang and played guitar, Steve Lau handled keyboards and saxophone, Bobby Mittan played bass and Rob Minnig drummed and sang, and together they made dream pop that shimmers rather than drones: chiming guitars, soft-focus vocals and melodies you could hum on the bus.

Sire put out their self-titled debut in 1989, with "Between Something and Nothing" and "Drifting Falling", and Cerulean followed in 1991, its title song and the wistful "Ballerina Out of Control" bathed in the same cool blue light. Beneath the Rhythm and Sound, in 1992, brought "Sublime" and "Emotions Ring".

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

Songs by The Ocean Blue on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Sublime	519	11	#40	–	1993
2	Cerulean	461	9	#46	–	1991
3	Ballerina Out of Control	349	11	#79	–	1991
4	Between Something and Nothing	319	8	#15	–	1989
5	Emotions Ring	313	7	#1100	–	–
6	Drifting Falling	81	4	#57	–	1990

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

89 90 91 92 93

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2005	862	Cerulean	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1051	Sublime	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1100	Emotions Ring	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	1410	Ballerina Out of Control	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	267	Sublime	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004	862	Cerulean	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	1051	Sublime	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	1100	Emotions Ring	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2004	1411	Ballerina Out of Control	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	862	Cerulean	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1051	Sublime	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1100	Emotions Ring	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1411	Ballerina Out of Control	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2003	1136	Ballerina Out of Control	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1387	Between Something and Nothing	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1656	Sublime	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2003	1925	Drifting Falling	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)
2002	864	Cerulean	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1066	Sublime	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1115	Emotions Ring	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1425	Ballerina Out of Control	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	894	Ballerina Out of Control	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1155	Between Something and Nothing	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1339	Sublime	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001	864	Cerulean	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1067	Sublime	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1116	Emotions Ring	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2001	1427	Ballerina Out of Control	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	862	Cerulean	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	1065	Sublime	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	1110	Emotions Ring	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
2000	1425	Ballerina Out of Control	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	811	Cerulean	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1064	Sublime	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1108	Emotions Ring	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1425	Ballerina Out of Control	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1949	Between Something and Nothing	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1994	382	Drifting Falling	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994)
1994	202	Between Something and Nothing	Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1994	489	Cerulean	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)
1993	40	Sublime	Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993
1992	85	Ballerina Out of Control	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 1992
1992	482	Drifting Falling	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)
1991	79	Ballerina Out of Control	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991
1991	46	Cerulean	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991
1990	57	Drifting Falling	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990
1990	77	Between Something and Nothing	CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990
1989	15	Between Something and Nothing	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989
1989	88	Between Something and Nothing	91X Top 91 Songs of 1989
1989	27	Between Something and Nothing	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989

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