Song · The Byrds
“Wasn't Born To Follow” by The Byrds
From the album The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)
“Wasn't Born To Follow” by The Byrds appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2010 and 2020. It was first released in 1968 on the album The Notorious Byrd Brothers. Its best result is #388 on the WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,774 indie & aaa song of all time.
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The Byrds got first crack at "Wasn't Born to Follow", a Gerry Goffin and Carole King song (Goffin wrote the words, King the tune), cutting it for The Notorious Byrd Brothers, the album that reached the shops on January 3, 1968. Clarence White's guitar pushes it toward country rock, and Roy Halee and Don Thompson engineered it.
The recording's second life came through the movies. The Byrds' version turned up in Easy Rider in 1969, and on the strength of that it was put out as a single in Britain and Germany that same year.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 388 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) | 885 |
| 2020 | 1823 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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