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“The Difference” by The Wallflowers

From the album Bringing Down the Horse (1996)

“The Difference” by The Wallflowers appears on 29 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1997 and 2022. It was first released in 1996 on the album Bringing Down the Horse. Its best result is #18 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #46 alternative song of 1997, #1,475 alternative song of all time and #332 of the '90s.

29countdowns
15stations
#18best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1997–2022years charted

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"The Difference" came off Bringing Down the Horse, the Wallflowers' second album from 1996, and went out as its third single in 1997. Jakob Dylan wrote and sang it, and it's the most buoyant thing on the record: a rolling, jangly rocker where Rami Jaffee's Hammond organ glows under the guitars of Dylan and Michael Ward, with Greg Richling and Mario Calire keeping it light on its feet.

T-Bone Burnett produced and Andy Wallace mixed, giving it a warm, rootsy sheen that suited rock radio perfectly. It spent eight weeks stuck at number three on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, reached number five on Modern Rock, topped the RPM Alternative 30 in Canada, and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song in 1998.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 60 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 107
1997 64 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 25 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101
1997 82 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 100
1997 50 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 107
1997 95 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 104
1997 68 KNRK Portland, OR KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 94
1997 39 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 106
1997 18 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 103
1997 18 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97
1997 53 WRCX Rock 103.5 Chicago, IL WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997 103

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 1046 107.7 The End The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1077
1999 1690 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1690 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1690 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1682 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1488 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1488 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1487 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 729 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 593 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 636 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 658 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 678 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 698 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 731 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 764 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 791 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 360 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900

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