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“Losing A Whole Year” by Third Eye Blind
From the album Third Eye Blind (1997)
“Losing A Whole Year” by Third Eye Blind appears on 19 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1998 and 2005. It was first released in 1997 on the album Third Eye Blind. Its best result is #16 on The End Top 107 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #52 alternative song of 1998, #3,917 alternative song of all time and #385 of the '90s.
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"Losing a Whole Year" very nearly introduced Third Eye Blind to the world: the band wanted it as their first single, until Elektra steered them toward "Semi-Charmed Life" instead. It landed on their self-titled 1997 debut and came out as a single in Japan that December and in America early the next year. Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan wrote it, and the title started as a joke, somebody in the band cracking wise about losing a whole beer.
Underneath the gag is a breakup song, Jenkins mourning what's gone while Cadogan's guitar jangles and surges and Arion Salazar and Michael Urbano keep it bouncing. Jenkins produced it with Eric Valentine, who recorded it around San Francisco at Toast Studios, Skywalker Ranch and H.O.S., and Tom Lord-Alge mixed it at South Beach Studios in Miami Beach.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 62 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 | 107 |
| 1998 | 60 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998 | 91 |
| 1998 | 68 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 | 106 |
| 1998 | 66 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 | 101 |
| 1998 | 78 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 | 102 |
| 1998 | 16 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 | 107 |
| 1998 | 51 | DC101 Washington, D.C. | DC101 Top 101 Songs of 1998 | 101 |
| 1998 | 50 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 | 103 |
| 1998 | 50 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 | 102 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 474 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 493 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 1014 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 1870 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1870 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1854 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1840 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1816 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1816 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1812 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
Also listed as: Losing a Whole Year.
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