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“Everywhere That I'm Not” by Translator
“Everywhere That I'm Not” by Translator appears on 7 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1982 and 2007. Its best result is #88 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #124 alternative song of 1982 and #3,416 alternative song of all time.
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"Everywhere That I'm Not" gave San Francisco's Translator a hit in 1982, pulled from Heartbeats and Triggers, their album for Columbia and 415, with David Kahne producing. Musician and critic Scott Miller singled out its jazzy, nearly dissonant opening riff and a chorus you can't shake, and filed it among music's most glaring should-have-been classics.
He had a point: US college radio embraced it, but the wider market gave it only a middling welcome. The song has also picked up a stubborn myth. Plenty of fans and critics hear it as a lament for John Lennon, but that's a mix-up; the band's Lennon tribute is "Everywhere", a different song on the same album. Kahne, as it happens, went on to produce records for Paul McCartney.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 88 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1982 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 106 | 91X | 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) | 191 |
| 1990 | 179 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) | 299 |
| 1992 | 293 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) | 500 |
| 2001 | 522 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2003 | 370 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2007 | 821 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
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