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“Kansas City” by The New Basement Tapes
From the album Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes (2014)
“Kansas City” by The New Basement Tapes appears on 12 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2014 and 2023. It was first released in 2014 on the album Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes. Its best result is #14 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #296 alternative song of 2014.
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"Kansas City" comes from Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes, the 2014 album on which T Bone Burnett gathered Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens, Taylor Goldsmith, Jim James and Marcus Mumford to set music to lyrics Bob Dylan had written by hand in 1967. The pages turned up only recently, and they probably date from the months between Dylan's motorcycle accident and the first Basement Tapes recordings in the Red Room of his house.
This one carries a writing credit for Dylan, Mumford and Goldsmith. Mumford sings lead and plays acoustic guitar and mandolin, Goldsmith adds piano, baritone guitar and vocals, Costello colors it with mellotron, and Jay Bellerose is on drums. Burnett produced it, and Mike Piersante recorded and mixed it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 85 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
| 2014 | 29 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2014 | 90 |
| 2014 | 26 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2014 | 107 |
| 2014 | 54 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2014 | 200 |
| 2014 | 47 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2014 | 96 |
| 2014 | 19 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2014 | 104 |
| 2014 | 60 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
| 2015 | 22 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2015 | 50 |
| 2015 | 71 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015 | 100 |
| 2015 | 14 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1070 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2023 | 46 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
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