Song · Marshall Crenshaw
“Whenever You're On My Mind” by Marshall Crenshaw
From the album Field Day (1983)
“Whenever You're On My Mind” by Marshall Crenshaw appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1989 and 2023. It was first released in 1983 on the album Field Day. Its best result is #383 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,890 alternative song of all time.
Marshall Crenshaw and Bill Teeley wrote "Whenever You're on My Mind" back when Crenshaw was still making his debut album, but he held it over, and it finally surfaced in 1983 as the first single from Field Day. Crenshaw rated it the best thing he'd written so far, and the production booms like it knows it.
College radio grabbed hold early, but the single never sold the way it deserved, and Crenshaw later counted that disappointment among the reasons things soured between him and Warner Bros. Records. The song got the last word anyway: critics have praised it, a string of other artists have covered it, and it stands among the best-known things he has recorded.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 383 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) | 500 |
| 1991 | 444 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 2021 | 679 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s | 909 |
| 2023 | 384 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
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