Song · Okkervil River
“Down Down The Deep River” by Okkervil River
From the album The Silver Gymnasium (2013)
“Down Down The Deep River” by Okkervil River appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2013 and 2026. It was first released in 2013 on the album The Silver Gymnasium. Its best result is #7 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #79 indie & aaa song of 2013.
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"Down Down the Deep River" comes from The Silver Gymnasium, Okkervil River's seventh album, released in 2013 and the American indie rock band's first record on ATO after leaving Jagjaguwar behind. Singer Will Sheff built the album as a concept piece set in his hometown of Meriden, New Hampshire, in 1986, a salute to the spirit of being a kid just short of adolescence, and named it after the Charles Lewis Silver Memorial Gymnasium at Kimball Union Academy, the boarding school he attended.
John Agnello produced and mixed the track, Brian Cassidy plays electric guitar with Sheff piling on more, and Jonathan Meiburg joins in on backing vocals.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 52 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2013 | 90 |
| 2013 | 7 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 | 200 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 703 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2026 | 439 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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