Somebody to Shove


"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. 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, garage rock, hard rock, post-grunge, and power pop song.

Track listings

UK CD single
  1. "Somebody to Shove"
  2. "Somebody to Shove"
  3. "Stranger"
  4. "Without a Trace"
UK 7-inch and cassette single
UK 12-inch single
  1. "Somebody to Shove" – 3:15
  2. "By the Way" – 3:45
  3. "Somebody to Shove" – 3:17
  4. "Runaway Train" – 4:11

Other versions

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