Song · Todd Rundgren
“Hello It's Me” by Todd Rundgren
From the album Something/Anything? (1972)
“Hello It's Me” by Todd Rundgren appears on 14 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2001 and 2026. It was first released in 1972 on the album Something/Anything?. Its best result is #1 on the KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #642 indie & aaa song of all time and #38 of the '70s.
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"Hello It's Me" was the very first song Todd Rundgren ever wrote, and by the time he cut it again for Something/Anything? in 1972 it had already lived one life. He wrote it in 1967 as a slow ballad about a relationship coming apart, and his band Nazz released it in 1968 as the flip of their first single, "Open My Eyes", until Boston's WMEX preferred the B-side and rode it all the way to number one.
For the solo album Rundgren arranged and produced it himself and nudged the tempo up to an easy mid-paced sway, warm and rueful, a breakup told with a shrug instead of tears. Issued as a single in 1973, it went to number five on the Hot 100.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 193 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2004 | 360 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2007 | 425 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2009 | 285 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2014 | 777 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2014 | 261 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2020 | 446 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2021 | 775 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) | 1043 |
| 2022 | 38 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2022 | 472 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) | 1043 |
| 2023 | 271 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2023 | 397 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2026 | 419 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2026) | 500 |
| 2026 | 1 | KSHE 95 | KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) | 499 |
Also listed as: Hello, It's Me.
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