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Somebody to Shove

{{Short description|1992 single by Soul Asylum}}

{{Use American English|date=July 2016}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Somebody to Shove

| cover = Somebodytoshove SoulAsylum.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Soul Asylum

| album = Grave Dancers Union

| B-side = "By the Way" (demo)

| released = May 5, 1992

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:15

| label = Columbia

| writer = Dave Pirner

| producer = Michael Beinhorn

| prev_title = Easy Street

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Black Gold

| next_year = 1993

}}

"Somebody to Shove" is a song by American alternative rock band Soul Asylum, released in 1992. The song was written by Soul Asylum's lead singer, Dave Pirner. It was the first single from their sixth studio album, Grave Dancers Union (1992). It reached number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number nine on the Billboard 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,{{cite magazine|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/07/ranking-every-alternative-rock-hit-from-worst-to-best/9/|title=Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best|last=Cosores|first=Philip|magazine=Consequence of Sound|date=July 4, 2017|accessdate=September 19, 2020|page=9}}{{cite web |last1=Gerard |first1=Chris |title=THE 100 GREATEST ALTERNATIVE SINGLES OF THE ’90S: 100 – 81 |url=https://www.popmatters.com/100-greatest-singles-90s-part1-2495427033.html |website=PopMatters |access-date=February 4, 2022}} garage rock, hard rock,{{cite news|last=Arnold|first=Gina|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-03-ca-251-story.html|title=Soul Asylum Is Back From the Brink : After a run of bad luck, the Minneapolis-based group is finally getting its act together.|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 3, 1992|access-date=March 7, 2022}} post-grunge,{{cite web |url=http://stylusmagazine.com/articles/staff_top_10/top-ten-mediocre-post-grunge-alternative-bands.html|title=Top Ten Mediocre Post-Grunge / Alternative Bands|publisher=Stylus Magazine|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|date=August 6, 2004 |access-date=April 30, 2022}} and power pop song.{{cite magazine|last=Strauss|first=Neil|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/soul-asylum-a-hard-dazed-night-195601/|title=Soul Asylum a Hard Dazed Night|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 29, 1995|access-date=March 7, 2022}}

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

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!Chart (1992–1994)

!Peak
position

scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url= https://imgur.com/a/njQEeIV | title=Soul Asylum ARIA Chart history (singles)|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date= July 26, 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

|align="center"| 123

{{single chart|Scotland|34|date=19940320|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2021}}
{{single chart|UK|32|date=19940320|rowheader=true|access-date=August 10, 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|1|artist=Soul Asylum|rowheader=true|access-date=April 23, 2020}}
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|9|artist=Soul Asylum|rowheader=true|access-date=April 23, 2020}}

Release history

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!scope="col"|Date

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scope="row"|United States

|May 5, 1992

|Radio

|rowspan="2"|Columbia

|{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|August 23, 1993

|{{hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}

|{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=August 21, 1993}}

Other versions

An acoustic version of the song was include as a track on The Unplugged Collection, Volume One.{{cite news |last1=Sinclair |first1=Tom |title=The Unplugged Collection, Volume One |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/12/16/unplugged-collection-volume-one |accessdate=November 6, 2015 |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=December 16, 1994}}

See also

References

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{{Soul Asylum}}

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Category:1992 songs

Category:1992 singles

Category:Columbia Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Michael Beinhorn

Category:Songs written by Dave Pirner

Category:Soul Asylum songs