Song · Arlo Guthrie
“Coming Into Los Angeles” by Arlo Guthrie
From the album Running Down the Road (1969)
“Coming Into Los Angeles” by Arlo Guthrie appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2010 and 2023. It was first released in 1969 on the album Running Down the Road. Its best result is #423 on the WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010).
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Arlo Guthrie wrote "Coming Into Los Angeles" himself, and it rolls in on Running Down the Road, his second studio album, from 1969. For that record he worked with co-producers Van Dyke Parks and Lenny Waronker, with Doug Botnick and Donn Landee on the engineering side, and the sessions drew in Clarence White and Gene Parsons, both in the Byrds at the time, for some of the album's tracks.
The sleeve tells you where his head was: Guthrie perched on a Triumph TR6 Trophy motorcycle, the same bike that shows up again inside the gatefold. Another cut from the record, his reading of the old folk tune "Stealin'", later turned up in the movie Two-Lane Blacktop.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 423 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2023 | 456 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
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