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“Everybody Knows” by The Jayhawks
From the album Back Roads and Abandoned Motels (2018)
“Everybody Knows” by The Jayhawks appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2018 and 2025. It was first released in 2018 on the album Back Roads and Abandoned Motels. Its best result is #57 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #288 indie & aaa song of 2018 and #1,005 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Everybody Knows" turns up on Back Roads and Abandoned Motels, the Jayhawks' tenth studio album, released in July 2018, and it's a homecoming of sorts. Gary Louris had co-written it with Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Robison for the Dixie Chicks' Taking the Long Way, and on this record the alt-country veterans reclaimed a batch of songs he'd written for other people. Louris insisted they never felt like covers, and here you can hear why.
The band dresses it in their own warm colors: Karen Grotberg on piano and keys, Eric Heywood's pedal steel, John Jackson on violin, mandolin and acoustic guitar, Louris on acoustic and electric, Marc Perlman on bass and Tim O'Reagan on drums, with Grotberg, Louris and O'Reagan sharing the vocals.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 80 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018 | 89 |
| 2018 | 57 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2018 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 162 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 162 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2022 | 644 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2025 | 178 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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