Song · Triffids
“Wide Open Road” by Triffids
From the album Born Sandy Devotional (1986)
“Wide Open Road” by Triffids appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1989 and 2018. It was first released in 1986 on the album Born Sandy Devotional. Its best result is #49 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,702 alternative song of all time.
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"Wide Open Road" was the single pulled from Born Sandy Devotional, the Triffids' 1986 album, and it climbed to number 26 in Britain, and in 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association named it among the Top 30 Australian songs of all time. David McComb wrote it and sings it, and the band built a landscape around him: Graham Lee's pedal steel and guitar, Jill Birt's organ, Martyn P. Casey on bass and Alsy MacDonald on drums.
Gil Norton produced it with the band, and Nick Mainsbridge engineered. It sounds like distance itself, a huge, empty horizon and a heart rattling around inside it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 68 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1989) | 100 |
| 1990 | 49 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1990) | 100 |
| 1991 | 52 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1991) | 100 |
| 2018 | 64 | Triple M | Triple M Ozzest 100 (2018) | 100 |
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