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Chrome Dreams by Neil Young
Chrome Dreams is an album by Neil Young, released in 1977. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 23 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Powderfinger”, on 22 lists with a best position of #71.
Chrome Dreams is the Neil Young album of 1977 that almost was. Pieced together that year as an acetate and then set aside, it spent the following decades leaking out as a bootleg traded among the faithful, until Reprise finally issued it officially on August 11, 2023. By then the legend had grown so large that the critics' raves were close to unanimous.
Heard now, it's a snapshot of Young in full flight, folk rock at heart, with that high, keening tenor carrying all the ache it can hold. "Powderfinger" and "Pocahontas" are the ones rock radio keeps reaching for.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Chrome Dreams on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powderfinger | 22 | #71 | – | 2001–2026 | |
| 2 | Pocahontas | 1 | #769 | – | 2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.