Number 7.

S & A: Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
A & D: Purple - 7th June 1994
N: American
M: Dean DeLeo (Guitar - America); Robert DeLeo (Bass - America); Eric Kretz (Drums - America); Scott Weiland (Vocals - America)
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My Rant;

So this track spent 15 or weeks at the top of the charts but that in itself doesn't make it worthy of being on the list.

It's definitly rock, but what type of rock? In my research i have seen it called everything from grunge to classic rock and Alternative rock to Southern Rock. I would class anything off 'Tiny Music" as acid/psychodelic rock, but Purple is an alternative rock album and this track is, for my money a symbiote of alternative and southen rock.

All that aside, it was very radio friendly and still is. The lyrics smack of betrayl and giving up and once again this was super relevant at the time it was released. More than that, the music is hot diggity god damn brilliant and starts off soft and yearning, but soon powerfully bursts into the life that take you through the tale Weiland has to tell. Everything meshes together beautifully, but is southern and dirty all at the same time.

The raking guitar work makes the track work musically and it reminds me of being a carefree, yet angst ridden teenager

Bands:

4 - America
3 - England

Countries:

16 - America
12 - England
1 - Tanzania

Decade

4 - 90's
2 - 70's
1 - 60's

Year

1 - 1975
1 - 1965
1 - 1991
1 - 1979
1 - 1993
1 - 1997
1 - 1994

Genre:

2 - Alternative
1 - Glam Rock
1 - Rock
1 - Grunge
1 - Punk
1 - Post Grunge