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“Past The Mission” by Tori Amos

From the album Under the Pink (1994)

“Past The Mission” by Tori Amos appears on 18 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1999 and 2024. It was first released in 1994 on the album Under the Pink. Its best result is #364 on The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,734 alternative song of all time.

18countdowns

3stations

#364best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1999–2024years charted

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Tori Amos - Past the Mission (Official Music Video)

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Tori Amos pulled "Past the Mission" from Under the Pink, her second album, as its third single in 1994, and it's one of the record's warmest, loosest moments. Amos wrote it alone and produced it with Eric Rosse, and her piano and organ have a full band to lean on: George Porter, Jr. on bass, Carlo Nuccio on drums, Paulinho da Costa on percussion and Steve Caton on guitar, rolling along at an easy, rootsy lope. Trent Reznor turns up as a guest voice, drifting in behind hers, and Kevin Killen mixed.

The single came out on EastWest in Britain in May and on Atlantic in America that September, where the only copies in the shops were cassettes.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#1,734 of all time

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	812	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	863	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	865	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	865	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2003	863	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	863	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	863	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	1531	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1533	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1554	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	1585	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	1652	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	1723	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1788	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2019	929	WYEP	WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019	1017
2019	929	WYEP	WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019	1099
2023	364	The Current	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s	893
2024	1030	WYEP	WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years	1049

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