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“Fall Down” by Toad The Wet Sprocket

From the album Dulcinea (1994)

“Fall Down” by Toad The Wet Sprocket appears on 24 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1994 and 2022. It was first released in 1994 on the album Dulcinea. Its best result is #4 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #32 alternative song of 1994, #1,406 alternative song of all time and #419 of the '90s.

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Toad The Wet Sprocket - Fall Down

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"Fall Down" came from Dulcinea, Toad the Wet Sprocket's fourth album, and went to US radio in April 1994. It's the band toughening up their jangle: Glen Phillips and Todd Nichols, who wrote it together, lock their guitars into a taut, churning riff, and the vocals come with real bite. Dean Dinning's bass and Randy Guss's drums keep it shoving forward, with Dinning adding backing vocals and keyboards.

Gavin MacKillop produced, recorded and mixed it, and his sound is clean but muscular. It went all the way to the top of Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, reached number 10 in Canada, and Samuel Bayer directed the video.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 71 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 107
1994 29 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 106
1994 35 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 101
1994 4 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 100
1994 4 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 94

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 386 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 974 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 1171 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1172 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1173 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1172 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 447 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1157 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1157 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1157 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1087 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1100 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1123 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1160 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1199 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1258 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1313 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 895 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 774 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900

Charting alongside it in 1994

Best songs of 1994 →
  1. 1Black Hole SunSoundgarden
  2. 2CloserNine Inch Nails
  3. 3Self-EsteemThe Offspring
  4. 4Interstate Love SongStone Temple Pilots
  5. 5Come Out and PlayThe Offspring
  6. 6Basket CaseGreen Day

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