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“Cinnamon Girl” by Neil Young

From the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)

“Cinnamon Girl” by Neil Young appears on 69 radio countdowns from 25 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1969 on the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. Its best result is #31 on the 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,086 alternative song of all time.

69countdowns
25stations
#31best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"Cinnamon Girl" comes from Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, the 1969 album where Neil Young first plugged in with Crazy Horse, and it's the sound of a partnership catching fire. Young wrote it laid up with the flu and a raging fever at his house in Topanga, California, the same spell that gave him "Cowgirl in the Sand" and "Down by the River."

Tuned down to double drop D and played on Old Black, his newly acquired Gibson Les Paul, the riff hits like a sledgehammer wrapped in fuzz. Danny Whitten is all over it too, singing the high part against Young's low one, while Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina stomp along. David Briggs co-produced. The single mix was mono, clipped the guitar outro and pushed Whitten's voice further forward, and NME later filed the song under proto-grunge.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 158 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1994 195 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 124 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 297 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1996 461 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1997 228 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 219 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 791 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1998 508 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 999 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 454 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2000 751 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 751 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 110 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 751 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 406 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (2002) 500
2002 73 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2003 751 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 751 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 919 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2004 135 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2005 751 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 586 WTMD WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time 897
2009 233 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 738 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 219 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 31 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 33 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 101 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 432 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 458 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 91 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2014 502 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 203 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2014 130 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 236 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 433 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 332 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2016 259 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 875 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2018 289 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2019 351 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2019 222 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 800 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2020 235 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 693 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 951 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 541 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 173 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2022 453 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 311 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2023 365 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 361 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 744 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 49 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2023 428 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 347 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2024 185 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 365 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 228 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 855 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 347 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 148 KEXP The Best Opening Tracks of All Time 738
2025 346 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 389 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 933 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2026 360 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917
2026 200 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499
2026 371 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180

Also listed as: Cinammon Girl.

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