Song · Jason Isbell
“Elephant” by Jason Isbell
From the album Southeastern (2013)
“Elephant” by Jason Isbell appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2013 and 2024. It was first released in 2013 on the album Southeastern. Its best result is #140 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #339 indie & aaa song of 2013.
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"Elephant" is one of the songs Jason Isbell wrote on his own for Southeastern, his fourth album, which came out on Southeastern Records on June 11, 2013. It's a record made after a stint in rehab by a man who said that this time he wanted to remember all of it, and the original plan, to have his friend and touring partner Ryan Adams produce, gave way to Dave Cobb.
Cobb produced the track and adds percussion, while Isbell sings and plays guitar over a band that knows to stay out of his way: Brian Allen on bass, Chad Gamble on drums, and Derry deBorja on keyboards and mellotron. Mark Petaccia engineered and mixed it. Southeastern was met with wide critical acclaim, and in 2020 Rolling Stone ranked it among the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 140 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 | 200 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 332 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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