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Downtown (Neil Young song)

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"Downtown"
Single by Neil Young
from the album Mirror Ball
B-side"Big Green Country"
Released1995
RecordedJanuary 26, 1995
StudioBad Animals Studio, Seattle
GenreRock
Length5:11
4:10 (Radio Edit)
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Neil Young
Producer(s)Brendan O'Brien
Neil Young singles chronology
"Change Your Mind"
(1994)
"Downtown"
(1995)
"Peace and Love"
(1995)
Music video
"Downtown" on YouTube

"Downtown" is a song by Neil Young. It was released in 1995 as the lead single from his twenty-third studio album, Mirror Ball. The song was recorded with the members of American rock band Pearl Jam. The song was nominated for Best Rock Song at the 1996 Grammy Awards.[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Downtown" (Radio Edit) - 4:10
  2. "Downtown" (Album Version) - 5:11
  3. "Big Green Country" - 5:06

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles Chart[2] 13
Canadian RPM Alternative 30[3] 5
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks[4] 6

Year-end charts

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Chart (1995) Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 94

References

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  1. ^ "List of Grammy nominees". CNN. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 61, No. 25, July 24, 1995". RPM. Archived from the original on January 13, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  3. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 62, No. 1, August 14, 1995". RPM. Archived from the original on January 13, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  4. ^ "Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  5. ^ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1995". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017.