Album · Shawn Colvin
Fat City by Shawn Colvin
Fat City is an album by Shawn Colvin, released in 1992. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Don't Know Why”, on 2 lists with a best position of #488.
Fat City, Shawn Colvin's 1992 follow-up to Steady On, came out on Columbia with Larry Klein producing, and it had a tough act to follow: her debut had won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Colvin had spent years in folk and rock bands before a 1988 tour with Suzanne Vega got her signed, and this record finds her settling into the major-label spotlight.
"Round of Blues" was the song that reached the countdowns at the time, and "I Don't Know Why" has kept turning up on them in the years since. Fat City and Cover Girl, the album that followed, brought her two more Grammy nominations, setting the stage for the breakthrough still to come.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Fat City on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Don't Know Why | 2 | #488 | – | 2004–2020 | |
| 2 | Round of Blues | 1 | #95 | – | 1992 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.