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“Dry Your Eyes” by The Streets with Chris Martin
From the album A Grand Don’t Come for Free (2004) With Chris Martin
“Dry Your Eyes” by The Streets with Chris Martin appears on 20 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2004 and 2025. It was first released in 2004 on the album A Grand Don’t Come for Free. Its best result is #1 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #73 alternative song of 2004 and #1,506 alternative song of all time.
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"Dry Your Eyes" is the big ballad from A Grand Don't Come for Free, the 2004 album Mike Skinner made as the Streets, and it became his most successful single: number one in the UK and straight to the top in Ireland, where it stayed three weeks. Skinner produced it himself, laying his plainspoken, half-talked verses over a slow, aching backing, with Gita Harcourt's violin sighing underneath.
The chorus nearly belonged to Chris Martin. The Coldplay singer cut an early version, then decided against letting it out, reckoning his part didn't work as well as the rest, so the hook went to singer-songwriter Matt Sladen of the band Officers, with Sam Blewitt and Tony Walters filling out the backing vocals.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 93 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 | 101 |
| 2004 | 29 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 | 100 |
| 2004 | 50 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 77 Songs of 2004 | 77 |
| 2004 | 1 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 | 101 |
| 2004 | 9 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2004 | 227 |
| 2004 | 61 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 | 103 |
| 2004 | 55 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Essential 99 of 2004 | 99 |
| 2004 | 19 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004 | 100 |
| 2005 | 33 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1916 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1874 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 196 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 270 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 266 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 262 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 280 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 288 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 295 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2022 | 100 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2025 | 425 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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