Song · Pavement
“Shady Lane” by Pavement
From the album Brighten the Corners (1997)
“Shady Lane” by Pavement appears on 7 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2003 and 2026. It was first released in 1997 on the album Brighten the Corners. Its best result is #239 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,778 alternative song of all time.
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Stephen Malkmus wrote "Shady Lane" for Pavement's 1997 album Brighten the Corners, and it went out on Matador as a single that cracked the UK top 40. British fans got it split across two singles, and an EP followed that June gathering up every B-side from both, including "Slowly Typed", a quicker, scruffier, faintly country take on the album's "Type Slowly".
The single edit, tagged "krossfader", is a tidier animal than the album cut: it closes up the space after the first chorus and drops the long instrumental stretch near the end that the album lists as "J vs. S". Spike Jonze directed the video.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 377 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) | 500 |
| 2005 | 253 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 239 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) | 499 |
| 2016 | 826 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2023 | 793 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 306 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
| 2026 | 715 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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