Cover of Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu by Bruce Cockburn
Cover: Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu

Song · Bruce Cockburn

“Last Night Of The World” by Bruce Cockburn

From the album Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu (1999)

“Last Night Of The World” by Bruce Cockburn appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2001 and 2020. It was first released in 1999 on the album Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu. Its best result is #1280 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,936 indie & aaa song of all time.

2countdowns
2stations
#1280best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
2001–2020years charted

"Last Night of the World" is a Bruce Cockburn song from his 1999 album Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu, and he produced it with Colin Linden. The two split the guitars, Cockburn on acoustic and Linden on electric, while Richard Bell's organ and Janice Powers' keyboards fill in the middle and John Dymond on bass, Gary Craig on drums and Rick Lazar on percussion carry the rhythm. Jonell Mosser is credited on vocals too, and John Whynot recorded and mixed it.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2001 1983 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2020 1280 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020

Also listed as: Last Night of the World.

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