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“Get Free” by The Vines

From the album Highly Evolved (2002)

“Get Free” by The Vines appears on 31 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 2002 and 2022. It was first released in 2002 on the album Highly Evolved. Its best result is #5 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #13 alternative song of 2002, #3,851 alternative song of all time and #196 of the '00s.

31countdowns
24stations
#5best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
2002–2022years charted

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The Vines - Get Free

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"Get Free" tore out of Highly Evolved, the 2002 debut from Australian garage rockers the Vines, all nerve and noise. Craig Nicholls wrote and sang it, and he opens with a riff hammered between the fifth and third frets before the drums build and the whole thing bursts through the door; from there it ignores the usual verse-chorus shape and careens from part to part. Patrick Matthews plays bass, Joey Waronker drums, Rob Schnapf produced and Andy Wallace mixed it loud and ragged.

Roman Coppola directed the better-known of its two videos, which stands the band on a hill under a brewing lightning storm until the bolts start finding their targets: the drummer's cymbal first, then Matthews, then Nicholls.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Hard Rock & Metal

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 31 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 40 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002 91
2002 23 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 29 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 26 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 30 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 48 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 48 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 30 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 27 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 39 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 23 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 45 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 106
2002 72 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2002 59 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 104
2002 26 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2002 66 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2002 224
2002 33 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 5 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002 100
2002 42 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 500 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2005 73 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2005 369 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 1785 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1804 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1832 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1879 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1865 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1872 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1907 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 205 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907

Charting alongside it in 2002

Best songs of 2002 →
  1. 1By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2AerialsSystem of a Down
  3. 3ToxicitySystem of a Down
  4. 4You Know You're RightNirvana
  5. 5All My LifeFoo Fighters
  6. 6SweetnessJimmy Eat World

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