Song · Chris Isaak
“San Francisco Days” by Chris Isaak
From the album San Francisco Days (1993)
“San Francisco Days” by Chris Isaak appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1993 and 2023. It was first released in 1993 on the album San Francisco Days. Its best result is #65 on the Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #188 alternative song of 1993.
"San Francisco Days" is the title track of Chris Isaak's fourth album, which came out in 1993, and it's all his: he wrote the words and the music. Erik Jacobsen produced it, and Mark Needham engineered and mixed it, with Lee Herschberg assisting on the mix.
The record around it lightened the mood after the shadows of Heart Shaped World and "Wicked Game", the song that broke him, and while it didn't sell like its predecessor, it still went gold, and several of its songs stayed in his live show for years. It was also the last Isaak album with guitarist James Calvin Wilsey, in the band since the start, who played on only a handful of its tracks before he left.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 65 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105 Songs of 1993 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 580 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
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