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“Outtasite (Outta Mind)” by Wilco

From the album Being There (1996)

“Outtasite (Outta Mind)” by Wilco appears on 21 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1997 and 2023. It was first released in 1996 on the album Being There. Its best result is #44 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #225 alternative song of 1997 and #1,818 alternative song of all time.

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Jeff Tweedy wrote "Outtasite (Outta Mind)", words and music, for Being There, the second Wilco album, which Reprise released on October 29, 1996. The band produced the record themselves, and Jim Scott mixed this track.

Being There was a sprawling double album that sold for the price of a single, thanks to a deal Tweedy cut with the label, and it caught a songwriter in the middle of big changes. With his first child's arrival among them, his writing turned more surreal and inward than it had been on A.M., and the record lurches between alt-country that recalls Uncle Tupelo and stranger, psychedelic detours. It was Jay Bennett's first Wilco album, Max Johnston's last and the only one with Bob Egan on steel guitar, and it beat A.M. on sales and reviews alike.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1997	44	102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)	WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997	103

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	1594	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	362	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)	500
2000	1594	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	361	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)	498
2001	1594	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	1586	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2003	1584	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	1584	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	1583	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	1048	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1069	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1089	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	1128	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	1166	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	1221	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1195	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2021	814	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s	908
2022	517	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s	900
2022	1341	WYEP	WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022	603
2023	646	The Current	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s	893

Also listed as: Outta Site (Outta Mind); Outtasite (outta Mind); Outtasite (outta mind); Outtasite Outta Mind.

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