Song · Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
“Almost Cut My Hair” by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
From the album Déjà vu (1970)
“Almost Cut My Hair” by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young appears on 12 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1996 and 2026. It was first released in 1970 on the album Déjà vu. Its best result is #199 on the WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,547 indie & aaa song of all time.
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David Crosby wrote "Almost Cut My Hair" and sings it by himself, and on a Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young record that's a statement: instead of stacking their voices, the others dig in on instruments. Crosby, Stephen Stills and Neil Young all play guitar, Graham Nash is on keyboard, and Dallas Taylor and Greg Reeves drive it on drums and bass. Unlike most of Déjà Vu, it was cut with everyone playing at the same place and time, at Wally Heider Studios on January 9, 1970, with Bill Halverson engineering, and it's one of only two songs on the album Young joined without having written.
The subject is a hippie's dilemma turned into a flag: trim the hair to something practical, or keep it long as a sign of protest and a badge of the counterculture.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 374 | WNEW-FM | WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) | 500 |
| 1997 | 893 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 2001 | 1807 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2009 | 199 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2011 | 732 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) | 1100 |
| 2012 | 416 | WYEP | WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown | 500 |
| 2020 | 1821 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2023 | 493 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2023 | 487 | Qfm96 | Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2024 | 485 | Qfm96 | Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) | 498 |
| 2025 | 481 | Qfm96 | Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) | 498 |
| 2026 | 1089 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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