Song · The Byrds
“You Ain't Goin' Nowhere” by The Byrds
Released 1973
“You Ain't Goin' Nowhere” by The Byrds appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2004 and 2020. It was first released in 1973. Its best result is #282 on the WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,895 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" is a Bob Dylan song, written in Woodstock, New York, in 1967, while he was lying low after his 1966 motorcycle accident, and the Byrds got to it first. Their single was the song's first commercial release, beating Dylan's own version by three years; he didn't issue it himself until Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II in 1971.
The Byrds dressed it in country-rock clothes and put it out while Dylan's own 1967 takes with the Band sat unreleased; those basement recordings didn't officially surface until The Basement Tapes in 1975.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 282 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2020 | 1553 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
Also listed as: You Ain't Going Nowhere.
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