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“6th Avenue Heartache” by The Wallflowers

From the album Bringing Down the Horse (1996)

“6th Avenue Heartache” by The Wallflowers appears on 26 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 1996 and 2025. It was first released in 1996 on the album Bringing Down the Horse. Its best result is #18 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #65 alternative song of 1996, #1,940 alternative song of all time and #442 of the '90s.

26countdowns
15stations
#18best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1996–2025years charted

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Jakob Dylan's Wallflowers landed their first hit with "6th Avenue Heartache", which Interscope sent out in April 1996 as the opening single from Bringing Down the Horse, the band's second album. Dylan wrote it alone and sings it in a weathered, unhurried drawl, and Counting Crows' Adam Duritz drifts in on the backing vocals.

It's roots rock with the lights turned low. Rami Jaffee colors it with Hammond organ and upright piano alongside the guitars of Dylan and Michael Ward, while Greg Richling on bass and Mario Calire on drums keep a patient, rolling pulse. T-Bone Burnett produced and Tom Lord-Alge mixed. No song got more spins on triple-A radio in 1996, and it went on to Grammy nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 68 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 107
1996 82 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 101
1996 18 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 99
1996 64 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996 104
1996 35 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 96
1997 28 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1997 726 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
2000 48 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of the '90s (September 2000) 100
2000 1554 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2005 378 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 928 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 893 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 915 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 647 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2010 946 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 978 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1030 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1087 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2020 365 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) 420
2021 513 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2021 405 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2021) 420
2022 815 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2022 1164 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2022 412 105.9 The X 105.9 The X July 420 (2022) 420
2023 270 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places 800
2025 263 WFPK WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s 500

Also listed as: 6Th Avenue Heartache.

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