Song · Gillian Welch
“Orphan Girl” by Gillian Welch
From the album Revival (1996)
“Orphan Girl” by Gillian Welch appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2001 and 2004. It was first released in 1996 on the album Revival. Its best result is #469 on the WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,497 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Orphan Girl" comes from Revival, Gillian Welch's first album, released on April 9, 1996, a debut that went on to a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Welch wrote it on her own, words and music, and on the record she plays acoustic guitar and sings it with David Rawlings. T-Bone Burnett mixed it, and David Knight and Rick Will engineered.
It has the lonesome, weathered ache of an old mountain ballad, the kind of song that sounds older than the woman singing it. When the album turned 20, Welch reissued the record as Boots No 1: The Official Revival Bootleg, stuffed with demos, outtakes, alternate versions and eight new songs.
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 | 1766 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2004 | 469 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
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