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“Southern Cross” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash

From the album Daylight Again (1982)

“Southern Cross” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash appears on 40 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1996 and 2026. It was first released in 1982 on the album Daylight Again. Its best result is #89 on the WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #339 indie & aaa song of all time.

40countdowns
15stations
#89best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1996–2026years charted

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Southern Cross

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"Southern Cross" comes from Daylight Again, Crosby, Stills & Nash's 1982 album, and it's a song about the sea as medicine, the way sailing and the natural world can mend a person. Stephen Stills wrote it with Rick and Michael Curtis and sings lead all the way through, with Graham Nash joining him on the second verse and Timothy B. Schmit and Mike Finnigan adding voices.

Stills plays acoustic and electric guitar beside Michael Stergis's acoustic, with George Perry on bass, Joe Vitale on drums, Joe Lala on percussion, Richard T. Bear on piano and synthesizer and Finnigan on keyboards. Released as a single in September 1982, it turned out to be the group's last Top 40 hit, and it has kept sailing on classic rock radio and as a staple of Jimmy Buffett's shows with his Coral Reefer Band.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 237 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1997 400 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 285 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
2002 402 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2002 494 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 486 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2007 376 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2009 170 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 342 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 349 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 131 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2012 350 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 857 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 259 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2014 322 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2014 571 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2016 257 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 457 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2019 737 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2019 960 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 737 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2020 275 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 430 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 618 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 105 WYEP WYEP 2021 Labor Day Countdown 168
2022 580 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 369 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 449 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 306 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2023 490 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 117 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2023 311 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2024 412 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 89 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 165 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2025 236 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2025 488 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 283 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2026 174 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 161 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

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