Like a Stone

"Like a Stone"
Single by Audioslave
from the album Audioslave
ReleasedJanuary 20, 2003 (2003-01-20)[1]
Recorded2001–2002
Genre
Length4:54 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Audioslave singles chronology
"Cochise"
(2002)
"Like a Stone"
(2003)
"Show Me How to Live"
(2003)
Music video
"Like a Stone" on YouTube
Audio sample

"Like a Stone" is a song by the American rock supergroup Audioslave, released as the second single from their eponymous debut studio album Audioslave on January 20, 2003. The song topped both the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts, and reached number 31 on the Hot 100 chart, making it their biggest US hit. "Like a Stone" has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), and Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa (AFP). It is also certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It became the fifth best performing alternative song on the Alternative Songs chart of the decade and the eighth best performing rock song on the Mainstream Rock chart of the decade.

  1. ^ "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
  2. ^ Cosores, Philip (July 4, 2017). "Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best". Consequence of Sound. p. 10. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  3. ^ Loudwire Staff (October 2, 2020). "The 66 Best Hard Rock Songs of the 21st Century". Loudwire. Archived from the original on April 12, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  4. ^ Geffen, Sasha (October 7, 2013). "In Defense of Post-Grunge Music". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 30, 2023.