Song · Neil Young
“Out on the Weekend” by Neil Young
From the album Harvest (1972)
“Out on the Weekend” by Neil Young appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2001 and 2024. It was first released in 1972 on the album Harvest. Its best result is #522 on The Best Opening Tracks of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,271 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Out on the Weekend" opens Neil Young's 1972 album Harvest, a country ballad that ambles in with the Stray Gators behind him and Ben Keith's pedal steel doing the aching. Young wrote it and produced it with Elliot Mazer, and Jack Nitzsche takes an arranger's credit. The song trails a man slipping away from the big city and turning his past over as he goes, then drifts to lovers who stay lonely because they can't get through to each other.
It's a gentle, easy-rolling tune with a long sigh in it. Sound on Sound's Sam Inglis heard resignation, maybe even exhaustion, while AllMusic's Matthew Greenwald singled out Keith's steel and a melody that keeps searching and yearning, like a road with no end in sight.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1335 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2024 | 522 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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