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“Landslide” by The Smashing Pumpkins

Released 1993

“Landslide” by The Smashing Pumpkins appears on 40 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 1994 and 2024. It was first released in 1993. Its best result is #15 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #29 alternative song of 1994, #657 alternative song of all time and #272 of the '90s.

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#15best position
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1994–2024years charted

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Landslide (Remastered)

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The Smashing Pumpkins' take on "Landslide" surfaced in 1993, the band reaching back for a song Stevie Nicks wrote and first recorded with Fleetwood Mac on their 1975 album Fleetwood Mac. Nicks keeps the credit for words and music.

The Pumpkins don't bulldoze it with guitars. They strip it down to acoustic strumming and a thin, fragile voice, leaving the melody almost untouched, and the hush suits it. Ted de Bono produced it, and the recording stays close and plain, like a demo nobody wanted to fuss with.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 30 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 107
1994 15 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994 91
1994 55 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 106
1994 17 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 101
1994 36 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 100
1994 64 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 94
1995 90 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 1995 104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 110 KROQ KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) 300
1999 176 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 118 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 79 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 207 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1283 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1284 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1284 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 448 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 1283 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1929 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1268 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 234 107.7 The End The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) 500
2004 1268 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1267 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 410 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 394 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 176 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 328 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 296 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 296 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 411 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 306 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 312 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 310 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 310 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 308 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2020 285 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2020 393 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 483 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 23 KISW KISW 25 Greatest Rock Covers 25
2024 306 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2024 33 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850

Charting alongside it in 1994

Best songs of 1994 →
  1. 1Black Hole SunSoundgarden
  2. 2CloserNine Inch Nails
  3. 3Self-EsteemThe Offspring
  4. 4Interstate Love SongStone Temple Pilots
  5. 5Come Out and PlayThe Offspring
  6. 6Basket CaseGreen Day

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