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“Last Time I Saw Richard” by Joni Mitchell
“Last Time I Saw Richard” by Joni Mitchell appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2004. Its best result is #760 on the WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,451 indie & aaa song of all time.
"The Last Time I Saw Richard" closes Blue, Joni Mitchell's 1971 album on Reprise, and it's the record's final, rueful word. Mitchell has said the seed was a conversation with fellow folk singer Patrick Sky, who pegged her as a hopeless romantic and told her the only road from there led to hopeless cynicism.
The song holds both ends of that argument. Its Richard has settled into marriage to a figure skater, new kitchen appliances and nights drinking at home in front of the TV. The Daily Telegraph, naming it among Mitchell's 20 essential songs in 2015, counted it one of the two greatest songs on Blue and called it as poignant a portrait of romantic disillusionment as anyone has written.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 760 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
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