Song · Michelle Shocked
“Come a Long Way” by Michelle Shocked
From the album Arkansas Traveler (1992)
“Come a Long Way” by Michelle Shocked appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1992 and 2024. It was first released in 1992 on the album Arkansas Traveler. Its best result is #82 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #244 alternative song of 1992.
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"Come a Long Way" is from Arkansas Traveler, Michelle Shocked's 1992 album and her fourth for Mercury, a record that went looking for the roots of her own music and brought a crowd of guests along for the trip. She produced it with Don Was and plays guitar and mandolin as well as singing.
The band around her is stacked: Kenny Aronoff on drums, Jerry Scheff on bass, Mark Goldenberg on guitar, Mitchell Froom on Hammond organ, Byron Berline on fiddle and Mickey Raphael on harmonica, a front-porch lineup with studio polish. Rolling Stone's reviewer gave the album four stars and called it ambitious, though it never became a commercial success.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 82 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1497 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2010 | 124 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2024 | 748 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
Also listed as: Come A Long Way.
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