Song · Matthew Sweet
“Winona” by Matthew Sweet
From the album Girlfriend (1991)
“Winona” by Matthew Sweet appears on 14 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2014. It was first released in 1991 on the album Girlfriend. Its best result is #776 on the CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,237 alternative song of all time.
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Matthew Sweet wrote "Winona" alone, words and music, for Girlfriend, the third album of his career, which Zoo Entertainment released on October 22, 1991. He recorded it in 1990 in the wake of his divorce, and the record got pegged as his big breakup album; when people wondered whether he could keep writing good songs after it, he figured he'd surely be just as depressed again someday.
Two ringers bring their guitars to the album: Richard Lloyd, who'd been in Television, and Robert Quine. The title track went out ahead of it and reached the top five of the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and Girlfriend turned into Sweet's breakthrough, a power-pop record that eventually went gold. Paste later placed it at number 61 among the 90 best albums of the '90s.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 954 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1005 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1009 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1009 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 994 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 994 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 994 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 776 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 780 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 804 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 824 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 851 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 892 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 939 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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