Song · U2
“All Along The Watchtower” by U2
Released 1988
“All Along The Watchtower” by U2 appears on 14 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2014. It was first released in 1988. Its best result is #573 on the CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,345 alternative song of all time.
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U2 took on Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" in 1988, reaching back to a song Dylan wrote for his 1967 album John Wesley Harding: a terse parable in which a joker and a thief trade words. By then most ears already heard it through Jimi Hendrix, whose reading on Electric Ladyland in 1968 had all but taken it over, so any band picking it up was stepping onto crowded ground.
The U2 recording was captured by David Hewitt, with Randy Wine assisting and Rob Jacobs and Shelly Yakus handling the mix.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 573 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 573 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 573 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 573 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 573 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 573 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 573 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2007 | 1423 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1374 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1373 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1405 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1467 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1520 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1566 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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