Song · Laura Nyro
“Save The Country” by Laura Nyro
From the album New York Tendaberry (1969)
“Save The Country” by Laura Nyro appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2012 and 2020. It was first released in 1969 on the album New York Tendaberry. Its best result is #402 on the WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,076 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Laura Nyro wrote "Save the Country" in the shadow of Robert Kennedy's assassination on June 5, 1968, got it out as a single that same year, and then recorded it anew for New York Tendaberry in 1969. The album version is hers from top to bottom: she wrote the words and the music, sang it, played the piano and produced it, with Roy Halee as engineer.
It's a song born out of a nation's grief, and in Nyro's hands it sounds like a flat refusal to give up on the place.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 402 | WYEP | WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown | 500 |
| 2020 | 1087 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
Also listed as: Save the Country.
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