Song · The Connells
“'74 - 75” by The Connells
From the album Ring (1993)
“'74 - 75” by The Connells appears on 13 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1999 and 2026. It was first released in 1993 on the album Ring. Its best result is #287 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,162 alternative song of all time.
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"'74-'75" is the gentle acoustic ballad from Ring, the fifth album by the American band the Connells, and Mike Connell wrote it, words and music. Lou Giordano produced it with the band, recorded it and mixed it, and the whole thing moves at a slow, wistful drift, a song that seems to be looking back through a rain-streaked window.
TVT released it as the album's third single in 1993, and America didn't notice. Europe did, two years later: it hit the top 10 in 11 countries, went to number one in Norway and Sweden, and made the UK top 30 twice. Mark Pellington's video sets the mood perfectly, lining up yearbook photos of the Class of 1975 at Needham B. Broughton High School against the same faces grown older. It stayed the band's one real hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1098 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1100 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1106 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1105 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1090 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1090 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2004 | 468 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 1090 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2005 | 403 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2005 | 780 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2006 | 287 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
| 2022 | 655 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2026 | 672 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: '74 - '75; '74-'75; 74-75.
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