Somebody to Shove

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"Somebody to Shove"
Single by Soul Asylum
from the album Grave Dancers Union
B-side"By the Way" (demo)
ReleasedMay 5, 1992
Genre
Length3:15
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Dave Pirner
Producer(s)Michael Beinhorn
Soul Asylum singles chronology
"Easy Street"
(1990) 		"Somebody to Shove"
(1992) 		"Black Gold"
(1993)

"Somebody to Shove" is a song by American

Album Rock Tracks chart. The music video for the song was directed by American filmmaker Zack Snyder, who also directed the "Black Gold
" videoclip.

Style

Musically the song is an alternative rock,[1][2] garage rock,[2] hard rock,[3] post-grunge,[4] and power pop song.[5]

Track listings

UK CD single

  1. "Somebody to Shove"
  2. "Somebody to Shove" (unplugged)
  3. "Stranger" (unplugged)
  4. "Without a Trace" (live)

UK 7-inch and cassette single

A. "Somebody to Shove" – 3:15
B. "By the Way" (demo) – 3:44

UK 12-inch single

  1. "Somebody to Shove" – 3:15
  2. "By the Way" (demo) – 3:45
  3. "Somebody to Shove" (live version) – 3:17
  4. "Runaway Train" (live version) – 4:11

Charts

Chart (1992–1994) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[6]
 34
UK Singles (OCC)[7]
 32
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[8] 1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[9] 9

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States May 5, 1992 Radio Columbia [citation needed]
United Kingdom August 23, 1993
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [10]

Other versions

An acoustic version of the song was include as a track on The Unplugged Collection, Volume One.[11]

See also

References

  1. Consequence of Sound
    . p. 9. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Gerard, Chris. "THE 100 GREATEST ALTERNATIVE SINGLES OF THE '90S: 100 – 81". PopMatters. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  3. ^ Arnold, Gina (October 3, 1992). "Soul Asylum Is Back From the Brink : After a run of bad luck, the Minneapolis-based group is finally getting its act together". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  4. ^ Unterberger, Andrew (August 6, 2004). "Top Ten Mediocre Post-Grunge / Alternative Bands". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  5. ^ Strauss, Neil (June 29, 1995). "Soul Asylum a Hard Dazed Night". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  8. ^ "Soul Asylum Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  9. ^ "Soul Asylum Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  10. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. August 21, 1993. p. 23.
  11. ^ Sinclair, Tom (December 16, 1994). "The Unplugged Collection, Volume One". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
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