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“Ocean Avenue” by Yellowcard

From the album Ocean Avenue (2003)

“Ocean Avenue” by Yellowcard appears on 21 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 2004 and 2026. It was first released in 2003 on the album Ocean Avenue. Its best result is #6 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #35 alternative song of 2004, #3,053 alternative song of all time and #342 of the '00s.

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#6best position

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2004–2026years charted

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The title track of Yellowcard's 2003 album Ocean Avenue, and its second single on Capitol Records, came from a Florida band that had moved to California and signed to a major in 2002. It sounds like a love song, but it's really homesickness: a goodbye to the beach sunsets and teenage days they left behind on the Atlantic Coast.

It almost didn't make the album. Ryan Key couldn't find the chorus until late, when he finally landed that giant refrain. All five members share the credit, and Sean Mackin's violin saws across the pop-punk guitars while Neal Avron produces and Tom Lord-Alge mixes it to a gleam. It became the band's biggest hit, reaching the Hot 100's top 40 and going double platinum, and Marc Webb's time-travel video won the MTV2 Award at the 2004 VMAs.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2004	32	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004	107
2004	77	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2004	91
2004	77	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004	101
2004	29	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004	100
2004	87	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004	93
2004	6	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2004	89
2004	12	Y100 Philadelphia, PA	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004	99
2004	90	CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON	CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004	102
2004	9	Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2004	105
2004	51 (tie)	WBER Rochester, NY	WBER Listener Countdown 2004	227
2004	16	88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2004	88
2004	36	WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ	G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2004	106
2004	24	X96 Salt Lake City, UT	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2004	50
2004	29	99X Atlanta, GA	99X Essential 99 of 2004	99
2004	44	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004	100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2005	291	99X	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)	1000
2006	484	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006)	500
2021	74	107.7 The End	The End Obligatory Top 100 Alternative Songs of All Time (2021)	100
2022	117	X96	X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time	500
2024	24	107.7 The End	The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024)	100
2026	312	101X	101X 500 (2026)	500

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