Song · Arrested Development
“Tennessee” by Arrested Development
From the album 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of… (1992)
“Tennessee” by Arrested Development appears on 8 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2005 and 2023. It was first released in 1992 on the album 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of…. Its best result is #48 on The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,875 alternative song of all time.
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"Tennessee" was the calling card Arrested Development sent out in March 1992, the first single from their debut, 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of..., and it moves at its own unhurried, soulful pace. Speech wrote the words, produced the track and mixed it himself, building it on a lift from Prince's "Alphabet St.", while Dionne Farris adds her voice to the mix.
It climbed to number six in the US and took the Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 1993, with Milcho Manchevski directing the video. The honors kept coming long after: VH1 viewers put it at number 71 among the greatest songs of the '90s in a 2007 poll, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame counts it among the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 390 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 435 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) | 499 |
| 2021 | 875 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 602 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2022 | 313 | KEXP | KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) | 491 |
| 2023 | 90 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 423 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2023 | 48 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
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