Song · Neil Young
“Long May You Run” by Neil Young
Released 1993
“Long May You Run” by Neil Young appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2014 and 2025. It was first released in 1993. Its best result is #283 on The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,591 indie & aaa song of all time.
Neil Young's old hearse, a 1948 Buick Roadmaster called Mort (also known as Mortimer Hearseburg), inspired "Long May You Run". The song first surfaced in 1976 as the title track of the Stills-Young Band album he made with Stephen Stills, one of five songs Young brought to that short-lived partnership, and it failed to chart as a single; Young also picked it for his 1976 compilation Decade.
It came back in 1993, when a live take from Neil Young Unplugged, produced by David Briggs and recorded by John Hanlon, went out as a single and this time charted: number 28 in Canada, number 34 on the US Mainstream Rock chart, number 71 in the UK. When Vancouver hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics, Young sang it at the closing ceremonies, and the home crowd gave him an ovation.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 654 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) | 885 |
| 2019 | 655 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 655 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2025 | 283 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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