Song · Third Eye Blind
“Anything” by Third Eye Blind
From the album Blue (1999)
“Anything” by Third Eye Blind appears on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1999 and 2000. It was first released in 1999 on the album Blue. Its best result is #50 on The End Top 107 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #117 alternative song of 1999 and #7,124 alternative song of all time.
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"Anything" was the song Third Eye Blind sent to radio first from Blue, their second album, in 1999, and Stephan Jenkins wouldn't hear of anything else: engineer Jason Carmer recalled the frontman digging in on making it the lead single even though it ran long, and Elektra ended up asking for a radio edit. Jenkins wrote it on his own and produced it with Arion Salazar, the Mud Sisters and the band, and it's a wiry rush of guitars from Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan over Salazar's bass and Brad Hargreaves' drums, with Ben Kramer's trumpet in the mix.
Reviews were mostly kind, and it reached 11 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart and 35 on Mainstream Rock. Oddly, it's the only single from the band's first three albums left off the greatest-hits set A Collection.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 86 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 77 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 87 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 | 101 |
| 1999 | 50 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 80 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 | 89 |
| 1999 | 90 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
| 1999 | 104 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 | 104 |
| 2000 | 96 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 86 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 | 102 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 976 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
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