Song · Jeff Tweedy
“Lou Reed Was My Babysitter” by Jeff Tweedy
From the album Twilight Override (2025)
“Lou Reed Was My Babysitter” by Jeff Tweedy appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2026. It was first released in 2025 on the album Twilight Override. Its best result is #172 on the KXT 917 Song Countdown. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,294 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Jeff Tweedy wrote "Lou Reed Was My Babysitter" for Twilight Override, his fifth solo album, a sprawling 30-song triple album that dBpm released on September 26, 2025, five years after Love Is the King. The title alone is enough to get a grin before a note plays.
Tweedy cut the album at the Loft, his Chicago studio, with help from James Elkington, Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart of Finom, Liam Kazar and his sons Spencer and Sammy. The triple-album idea came from hearing the Clash's Sandinista! straight through on a road trip with his boys, and he framed the whole set as a push against a creeping sense of decline, his way of overwhelming the gloom right back. He has also tied his recent burst of output to a belief that making things is a way of standing against destruction.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 172 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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