Album · Joni Mitchell
Blue by Joni Mitchell
Blue is an album by Joni Mitchell, released in 1971. 6 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 69 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “A Case Of You”, on 18 lists with a best position of #15.
Blue, Joni Mitchell's fourth album, came out on Reprise on June 22, 1971, and it's about as naked as a record gets. She wrote and produced every note herself, cutting it at A&M Studios in Hollywood across late 1970 and early 1971, in the wake of her breakup with Graham Nash and in the middle of a heated romance with James Taylor. The arrangements are spare: her acoustic guitar, her piano, an Appalachian dulcimer, and that voice swooping over all of it.
The songs turn love over in every light, from the bright, restless "Carey", her second single to reach the Hot 100, to "A Case of You" and "River", which ache. Critics tagged her confessional, a label she never accepted. It went top 10 in the UK and Canada, top 15 in the US and platinum in America, and it's now counted among the greatest albums ever made.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Blue on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Case Of You | 18 | #15 | – | 2001–2026 | |
| 2 | River | 14 | #80 | – | 2001–2026 | |
| 3 | Carey | 13 | #78 | – | 2001–2023 | |
| 4 | California | 10 | #40 | – | 2001–2026 | |
| 5 | Blue | 7 | #262 | – | 2004–2023 | |
| 6 | All I Want | 7 | #117 | – | 2004–2024 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.