Song · Old 97's
“Champaign Illinois” by Old 97's
From the album The Grand Theatre, Volume One (2010)
“Champaign Illinois” by Old 97's appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2023 and 2026. It was first released in 2010 on the album The Grand Theatre, Volume One. Its best result is #153 on the KXT 917 Song Countdown. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,205 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Champaign Illinois" comes from The Grand Theatre, Volume One, the Old 97's eighth album, released in October 2010, and it carries a credit unlike the band-written songs around it: the music belongs to Bob Dylan, while Rhett Miller wrote the words. Salim Nourallah produced it, with the band and Rip Rowan as co-producers.
The album was road-tested before it was cut. The band booked a week-long stand at Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas to try new songs out in front of a crowd, took the keepers to Treefort Studios in Austin, and recorded more than two dozen of them; what didn't make this record became The Grand Theatre, Volume Two in 2011.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 235 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
| 2026 | 153 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
Also listed as: Champaign, Illinois.
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