Song · Wilco
“Walken” by Wilco
From the album Sky Blue Sky (2007)
“Walken” by Wilco appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2007 and 2009. It was first released in 2007 on the album Sky Blue Sky. Its best result is #61 on the WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #395 alternative song of 2007.
"Walken" landed on Sky Blue Sky, Wilco's sixth album, in 2007, but it had already racked up some road miles: it was one of the new songs the band slipped into its sets in April 2006, while still out touring A Ghost Is Born, and Glenn Kotche told Pitchfork that batch was headed for demos and the next record.
It's a true group effort, with all six players sharing the composing credit and Jeff Tweedy writing the words and singing them. Tweedy and Pat Sansone play electric guitar, Nels Cline adds lap steel, Mikael Jorgensen works the piano and a Hammond organ, John Stirratt holds down the bass and Kotche the drums. T.J. Doherty recorded it and Jim Scott mixed it, for the first Wilco album with Cline and Sansone in the lineup.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 61 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
| 2007 | 81 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 797 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
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