Song · Neil Young
“Ohio” by Neil Young
Released 1984
“Ohio” by Neil Young appears on 5 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2007 and 2011. It was first released in 1984. Its best result is #1792 on the CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,763 alternative song of all time.
Neil Young wrote "Ohio" as a direct answer to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young cut it at the Record Plant for an Atlantic single, with Stephen Stills's "Find the Cost of Freedom" on the flip. It reached 14 on the Hot 100 and 16 in Canada.
A live version surfaced on 4 Way Street in 1971, but the studio recording didn't reach an LP until the So Far compilation in 1974. It became part of Young's own catalog too, on his collections Decade in 1977 and Greatest Hits in 2004, and a 1971 performance finally came out on Live at Massey Hall in 2007. In 2025 Rolling Stone put it at 9 on its list of the 100 best protest songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1834 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1792 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1828 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1875 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1958 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
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