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“Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)” by Train

“Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)” by Train appears on 30 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 2001 and 2025. Its best result is #1 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #29 alternative song of 2001, #3,137 alternative song of all time and #346 of the '00s.

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19stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
4top 10 finishes
2001–2025years charted

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"Drops of Jupiter", first issued with "(Tell Me)" tacked onto the title, was the lead single from Train's second album in 2001, the record that shares its name. It's a power ballad the band wrote themselves, and Brendan O'Brien produced it for Columbia. What lifts it is Paul Buckmaster's string arrangement, which swells through the recording and won him a Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).

It went top five on the Billboard Hot 100 and made the top 10 in eight more countries, and in Europe the single came backed with "It's Love", "This Is Not Your Life" and "Sharks".

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
2001 54 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 107
2001 43 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001 91
2001 46 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101
2001 47 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 93
2001 22 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 89
2001 26 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 101
2001 19 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 30 Songs of 2001 30
2001 62 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 99
2001 4 Virgin Radio United Kingdom Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 2001 10
2001 1 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 103
2001 2 WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 106
2001 3 99X Atlanta, GA 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 99
2001 12 93XRT Chicago, IL WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2001 30
2001 32 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2001 480 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2001 453 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2003 32 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) 100
2004 726 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2004 151 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 379 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2005 854 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 107 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2009 257 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2013 87 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2022 682 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2023 737 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time 909
2024 623 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2024 304 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 404 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2025 227 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714

Also listed as: Drops of Jupiter; Drops Of Jupiter; Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me).

Charting alongside it in 2001

Best songs of 2001 →
  1. 1Hash PipeWeezer
  2. 2SchismTool
  3. 3How You Remind MeNickelback
  4. 4Smooth CriminalAlien Ant Farm
  5. 5It's Been AwhileStaind
  6. 6Fat LipSum 41

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