Song · Counting Crows
“Anna Begins” by Counting Crows
From the album August and Everything After (1993)
“Anna Begins” by Counting Crows appears on 10 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2001 and 2024. It was first released in 1993 on the album August and Everything After. Its best result is #212 on the WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #832 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Anna Begins" comes from August and Everything After, the Counting Crows album released in September 1993. Adam Duritz wrote the words, and the music credit reaches beyond the band to Toby Hawkins, Lydia Holly and Marty Jones alongside Duritz and David Bryson. T-Bone Burnett produced, with Gary Gersh as executive producer, Pat McCarthy recording, and Scott Litt and McCarthy mixing.
The arrangement is a thrift-store treasure chest: Charlie Gillingham on piano, Hammond, chamberlin and accordion, David Immerglück on mandolin, mandocello and pedal steel, Bill Dillon on guitorgan, and Duritz blowing harmonica. Steve Bowman, Matt Malley and Bryson keep it grounded, Gary Louris, Maria McKee and Mark Olson drift in on background vocals, and Duritz, wide open and aching, turns the whole thing into a slow-building confession.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1507 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2004 | 212 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2007 | 218 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2009 | 354 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2014 | 610 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2020 | 522 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2021 | 810 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 229 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2023 | 578 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 895 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
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