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“Downtown” by Neil Young with Pearl Jam

Released 1995 With Pearl Jam

“Downtown” by Neil Young with Pearl Jam appears on 16 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1995 and 2025. It was first released in 1995. Its best result is #26 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #152 alternative song of 1995 and #2,575 alternative song of all time.

16countdowns
4stations
#26best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1995–2025years charted

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown (Official Audio)

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"Downtown" led off Mirror Ball, Neil Young's 1995 album and the twenty-third of his studio career, cut with the members of Pearl Jam behind him and Brendan O'Brien producing. It sounds like exactly what it is: an old hand and a younger band leaning into one big, loose, lumbering groove, guitars sprawling and fraying at the edges, Young's reedy voice riding on top like he's having the time of his life. Young wrote it, Brett Eliason engineered it, and it earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song in 1996.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 26 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1995 972 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1999 1295 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1295 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1303 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1302 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1287 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1287 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1287 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1749 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1735 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1761 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1802 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1878 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1953 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2025 460 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500

Charting alongside it in 1995

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  4. 4Bullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing Pumpkins
  5. 5NameGoo Goo Dolls
  6. 6My FriendsRed Hot Chili Peppers

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