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“Skyway” by The Replacements

From the album Pleased to Meet Me (1987)

“Skyway” by The Replacements appears on 21 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1999 and 2026. It was first released in 1987 on the album Pleased to Meet Me. Its best result is #136 on The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,039 alternative song of all time.

21countdowns
5stations
#136best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1999–2026years charted

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Skyway (2008 Remaster)

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"Skyway" is the hush on the Replacements' 1987 album Pleased to Meet Me, the moment Paul Westerberg steps up with an acoustic guitar and a voice that sounds half awake and wholly sincere. He wrote the words and the music himself, and it plays like a sketch he couldn't bring himself to shout.

Jim Dickinson produced it, with John Hampton and Joe Hardy recording and mixing, and they had the sense to leave it bare: no swagger, no crash, just a small, wistful tune that gets in and out before you've finished listening.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 743 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 794 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 797 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 1463 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 797 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 230 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 797 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 736 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 797 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 798 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1103 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1018 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1036 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1075 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1112 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1169 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1196 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2018 377 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2023 703 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850
2023 136 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places 800
2026 759 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound 1055

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