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"The Difference"
Single by the Wallflowers
from the album Bringing Down the Horse
B-side	"I Wish I Felt Nothing" "God Don't Make Lonely Girls" (live)
Released	1997
Length	3:49
Label	Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Jakob Dylan
Producer(s)	T-Bone Burnett
The Wallflowers singles chronology
"One Headlight" (1997) "The Difference" (1997) "Three Marlenas" (1997)
Music video
"The Difference" on YouTube

"The Difference" is a song by American rock band the Wallflowers. It was released in 1997 as the third single from their second album, Bringing Down the Horse (1996). The song spent eight weeks at number three on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number five on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1998. "The Difference" also peaked at number 12 in Canada, topping the RPM Alternative 30 chart.

Track listings

Australian CD single

1. "The Difference" (LP version)
2. "I Wish I Felt Nothing"
3. "God Don't Make Lonely Girls" (live from KFOG)

Japanese CD single

1. "The Difference"
2. "6th Avenue Heartache"

Charts

Release history

References

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2. The Difference (Australian CD single liner notes). The Wallflowers. Interscope Records. 1997. IND-95550.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
3. The Difference (Japanese CD single liner notes). The Wallflowers. Interscope Records. 1997. MVCT-9001.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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5. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 3259." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
6. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 3343." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
7. "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 3268." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
8. "The Wallflowers Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
9. "The Wallflowers Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
10. "The Wallflowers Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
11. "The Wallflowers Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
12. "The Wallflowers Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
13. "The Wallflowers Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
14. "RPM '97 Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via Library and Archives Canada.
15. "RPM '97 Year End Top 50 Alternative Tracks". RPM. Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via Library and Archives Canada.
16. "The Year in Music 1997: Hot 100 Airplay". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 52. December 27, 1997. p. YE-36.
17. "Best of '97: Adult Top 40 Singles". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 5, no. 52. December 28, 1997. p. 45.
18. ^ "The Year in Music 1997". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 52. December 27, 1997. p. YE-73. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
19. "Best of '97: Top 40/Mainstream Singles". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 5, no. 52. December 26, 1997. p. 38.
20. "Best of '97: Triple A Tracks". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 5, no. 52. December 26, 1997. p. 28.
21. "ディファレンス | ザ・ウォールフラワーズ" [Difference | The Wallflowers] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 29, 2023.

• 1996 songs
• 1997 singles
• Interscope Records singles
• Song recordings produced by T Bone Burnett
• Songs written by Jakob Dylan
• The Wallflowers songs