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“Honestly” by Zwan

From the album Mary Star of the Sea (2003)

“Honestly” by Zwan appears on 36 radio countdowns from 21 stations between 2002 and 2014. It was first released in 2003 on the album Mary Star of the Sea. Its best result is #18 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #47 alternative song of 2003, #2,515 alternative song of all time and #293 of the '00s.

36countdowns
21stations
#18best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
2002–2014years charted

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"Honestly" introduced Zwan as the first single from Mary Star of the Sea in 2003, and Billy Corgan, who wrote it and produced it with Bjorn Thorsrud, sounds positively sunny here. It's a bright rock song in D major whose chords echo a couple of his older tunes, "Today" and the chorus of "Cherub Rock", and the guitars swirl through a flanger nearly the whole way, giving it a shimmering, jet-plane whoosh.

The single's flip side was an acoustic take on Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast", which ended up over the opening credits of Jonas Åkerlund's 2002 film Spun, and years later "Honestly" found fresh ears closing out the 2023 video game Hi-Fi Rush.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 60 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002 91
2002 102 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 39 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 91 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 69 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 55 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 25 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 75 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 101 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 106
2002 84 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2003 53 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 107
2003 51 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 106
2003 18 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 98 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 54 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003 92
2003 59 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 66 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 96 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 74 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 88 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 107
2003 36 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003 99
2003 103 WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003 106
2003 98 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 105
2003 37 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 50 Songs of 2003 50
2003 86 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003 103
2003 80 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003 103
2003 25 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 104
2003 30 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2003 196
2003 49 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2007 915 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1033 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1049 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1088 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1126 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1187 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1247 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Charting alongside it in 2003

Best songs of 2003 →
  1. 1Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes
  2. 2Like a StoneAudioslave
  3. 3Bring Me to LifeEvanescence
  4. 4Somewhere I BelongLinkin Park
  5. 5Times Like TheseFoo Fighters
  6. 6Weak and PowerlessA Perfect Circle

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