| "Interstate Love Song" | ||||
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| Single by Stone Temple Pilots | ||||
| from the album Purple | ||||
| B-side | "Lounge Fly" | |||
| Released | September 9, 1994 | |||
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| Length | 3:14 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Composer(s) | Robert DeLeo | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Scott Weiland | |||
| Producer(s) | Brendan O'Brien | |||
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"Interstate Love Song" | ||||
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| "Interstate Love Song" on YouTube | ||||
"Interstate Love Song" is a single by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots. Released in 1994, the song was released as the third single from the band's second studio album, Purple. One of the band's biggest hits, "Interstate Love Song" reached number one on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart on September 17, 1994, replacing the band's previous single "Vasoline". The song stayed at number one for 15 weeks, a record at the time, and gave the Stone Temple Pilots 17 consecutive weeks at number one. It also peaked at number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and in Iceland as well as number 20 in Canada.
"Interstate Love Song" has been hailed as one of the best songs of the 1990s[1] and was included on STP's greatest hits compilation Thank You in 2003. In 2009, it was named the 58th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[2] The song was ranked at number 17 on Australian alternative music station Triple J's Hottest 100 countdown of 1994, and Pitchfork ranked it at number 175 on its list of "The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s."[3]
- ^ "Stone Temple Pilots' 'Interstate Love Song' Was One of the Best Songs of the '90s". Spin. December 4, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
- ^ "Vh1 Top 100 Hard Rock Songs". Archived from the original on August 27, 2010. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
- ^ "The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s: 200-151 - Page 3". Pitchfork.