Song · The Zombies
“She's Not There” by The Zombies
Released 1979
“She's Not There” by The Zombies appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1982 and 2023. It was first released in 1979. Its best result is #456 on the KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,179 indie & aaa song of all time.
The Zombies came out of the gate in 1964 with "She's Not There", their debut single, and keyboardist Rod Argent wrote it in two goes. After the band played St Albans Market Hall on 29 April 1964, Argent showed Ken Jones, the man lined up to produce their first recording session, the lone verse he had; Jones pushed him to write a second so the band could cut it. Argent had Colin Blunstone's vocal range in his head the whole way, and he built the lyric off a John Lee Hooker song, "No One Told Me", whose title slips into the opening line.
It got to number 12 in Britain and number 2 in both the US and Canada. Rolling Stone later put it at 297 among the 500 greatest songs, and the Grammy Hall of Fame inducted it in 2016.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 456 | 95.5 KLOS | KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) | 499 |
| 2001 | 1806 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2014 | 744 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2023 | 758 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
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