Song · The Drifters
“Under The Boardwalk” by The Drifters
Released 1991
“Under The Boardwalk” by The Drifters appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2001 and 2020. It was first released in 1991. Its best result is #731 on the WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,954 indie & aaa song of all time.
The Drifters recorded "Under the Boardwalk" in 1964, and Atlantic had a summer hit on its hands: by August 22 of that year it stood at number four on the Hot 100. Kenny Young and Arthur Resnick wrote it about two lovers in a seaside town slipping away from the sun, and from everyone else's eyes, to meet beneath the boardwalk.
The arrangement is all sea breeze, güiro, triangle and violins, with the chorus sliding from a major key into a minor one. And it keeps one eye on the group's own past: the opening line nods to their earlier hit "Up on the Roof", and the violins quote that song's riff just before the chorus. Rolling Stone placed it 487th on its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004 and 489th in the 2010 edition.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 731 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2007 | 856 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2020 | 2017 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
Also listed as: Under the Boardwalk.
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