Song · Neko Case
“I Wish I Was The Moon” by Neko Case
From the album Blacklisted (2002)
“I Wish I Was The Moon” by Neko Case appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2024 and 2025. It was first released in 2002 on the album Blacklisted. Its best result is #569 on the WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,418 indie & aaa song of all time.
Neko Case wrote "I Wish I Was the Moon" on her own, words and music, and it's on Blacklisted, her third album, released on August 20, 2002. She arranged it with Jon Rauhouse, sings it and plays tenor guitar and tambourine, and two of the album's guest players fill out the rest: Joey Burns on accordion and electric bass and John Convertino on drums. Case mixed it with Alf Annibalini, Mac McGill and Darryl Neudorf.
Blacklisted stepped away from the alt-country of her first two solo records, though Paste's Nick A. Zaino III noted that she never gave up the twang, and he heard her voice swimming in reverb, as if it were coming from somewhere huge and empty. Critics praised the singing above all, and AllMusic's Mark Deming counted some of her finest performances yet on the record.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 569 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 776 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
Also listed as: I Wish I Was the Moon.
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