Song · Tom Waits
“Grapefruit Moon” by Tom Waits
From the album Closing Time (1973)
“Grapefruit Moon” by Tom Waits appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 1973 on the album Closing Time. Its best result is #1195 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,695 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Grapefruit Moon" glows on Closing Time, the debut album Tom Waits put out on Asylum Records in March 1973, and Waits wrote both words and music, playing the piano and singing it himself. Jerry Yester, once of the Lovin' Spoonful, produced, and Richard Moore engineered and mixed.
The players around him are few: Delbert Bennett on trumpet, Jesse Ehrlich on cello, Shep Cooke on guitar and John Seiter on drums. Waits had pictured Closing Time as a jazz record led by the piano; the finished album leaned more toward folk, but it drew good reviews and, over the years, a cult following among rock fans.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1195 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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