Downtown (Neil Young song)

This article is about the 1995 song. For the 1971 Neil Young/Crazy Horse song, see Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown.

1995 single by Neil Young

"Downtown"

Single by Neil Young
from the album  Mirror Ball
B-side| "Big Green Country"
Released| 1995
Recorded| January 26, 1995
Studio| Bad Animals Studio, Seattle
Genre| Rock
Length| 5:11
4:10 (Radio Edit)
Label| Reprise
Songwriter(s)| Neil Young
Producer(s)| Brendan O'Brien
Neil Young singles chronology
| "Change Your Mind"
(1994)  | "Downtown"
(1995)  | "Peace and Love"
(1995)

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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 rock band Pearl Jam. “Downtown” 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

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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

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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.

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