Song · Nico
“These Days” by Nico
From the album Chelsea Girl (1967)
“These Days” by Nico appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2020 and 2026. It was first released in 1967 on the album Chelsea Girl. Its best result is #392 on the WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,390 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Nico's "These Days" was the first recording anyone made of the song, cut for Chelsea Girl, her 1967 album. Jackson Browne wrote it at 16, a young man's song already heavy with loss and regret, and it has become one of his most enduring compositions. Tom Wilson produced Nico's take, Larry Fallon arranged it, and Gary Kellgren recorded and mixed it, with Val Valentin as executive engineer.
Her arrangement set the pattern for what followed: several other artists recorded the song her way. And her version has held up on its own. When Pitchfork ranked the 200 greatest songs of the 1960s in 2006, Nico's "These Days" landed at 31.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1769 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2026 | 392 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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