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“Sugar Mountain” by Neil Young

Released 1969

“Sugar Mountain” by Neil Young appears on 18 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1982 and 2023. It was first released in 1969. Its best result is #271 on the KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,749 indie & aaa song of all time.

18countdowns

9stations

#271best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1982–2023years charted

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Neil Young wrote "Sugar Mountain" on November 12, 1964, his 19th birthday, in the Victoria Hotel in Fort William, Ontario (now Thunder Bay), while on the road with his Winnipeg band the Squires, and it's a tender look back at growing up in Winnipeg. He cut a demo for Elektra in New York City in December 1965, a take that later surfaced on The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972.

The version the world first heard was taped live at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on November 10, 1968: just Young, his guitar and his voice. It went out as the flip side of "The Loner" in 1969, turned up behind "Cinnamon Girl" the next year, and waited until the 3-LP Decade collection of 1977 to land on an album.

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

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

#1,749 of all time

Classic Rock

#1,176 of all time

All Rock Formats

#2,834 of all time

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1982	271	95.5 KLOS	KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982)	499
1991	392	WNEW-FM	WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991)	500
1997	674	102.3 WBAB	WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997)	1023
2002	798	92.3 KGON	KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002)	923
2004	772	92.3 KGON	KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004)	923
2004	667	WXPN	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004)	885
2007	593	WTMD	WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time	897
2009	752	WYEP	WYEP 913 Essential Songs	913
2009	704	WXPN	WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009)	885
2011	555	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011)	1100
2012	557	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012)	1200
2013	512	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013)	1000
2014	677	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014)	1000
2014	519	WXPN	WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014)	885
2015	513	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015)	1007
2016	297	100.7 WZLX	100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016	1007
2020	1061	WXPN	WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time	2020
2023	435	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places	800

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