16 Days (song)

"16 Days"
Single by Whiskeytown
from the album Strangers Almanac
B-side	"The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over" "Wither, I'm a Flower"
Released	July 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Alternative country
Label	Outpost Recordings
Songwriter(s)	Ryan Adams
Producer(s)	Jim Scott
Whiskeytown singles chronology
"16 Days" (1997) "Yesterday's News" (1998)

"16 Days" is a song by alternative country band Whiskeytown and written by Ryan Adams. It first appeared on Whiskeytown's Strangers Almanac album in 1997, and was released that same year as a CD single. ^[1] An earlier version of the song – recorded during the band's "Baseball Park" sessions – was released on the 1998 reissue of the band's first album Faithless Street . ^[2] And an alternate, acoustic version of the song – also recorded during the "Baseball Park" sessions – was released on the 2008 deluxe edition of Strangers Almanac . ^{[3] [4]}

According to Ryan Adams, the song was released as a single and was getting significant radio airplay until, in a fit of anger, he dared a powerful West Coast radio programmer to take the song off the air. The programmer obliged, and the song soon disappeared from radio playlists. ^[5]

Cover versions

The song has been covered by The Clarks on their album Songs in G .

The song has also been covered by Wade Bowen as a hidden track on his Blue Light Live album

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"16 Days"	Ryan Adams	3:55
2.	"The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over"	Alejandro Escovedo	4:40
3.	"Wither, I'm A Flower"	Ryan Adams	4:53

Personnel and production credits

• Ryan Adams  — acoustic & electric guitars, singing, banjo, piano, percussion
• Phil Wandscher  — electric guitar, singing, organ, percussion
• Caitlin Cary  — violin, singing
• Steven Terry — drums, singing, percussion
• Jeff Rice — bass guitar
• Produced, engineered, and mixed by Jim Scott

References

1. "16 Days (Single)". AnsweringBell.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
2. Faithless Street (Media notes). Whiskeytown. Los Angeles, CA: Outpost Recordings. 1998. OPRD-30002.
3. Strangers Almanac Deluxe Edition (Media notes). Whiskeytown. Santa Monica, CA: Geffen. 2008. B0009410-02.
4. Skiing – Jan 1998 Vol. 50, No. 5 "Like Whiskeytown. Their Stranger's Almanac (Outpost) recycles pop hooks worthy of Jackson Browne, but with a country twang. Lap and pedal steels, banjos, and violins conspire on open-road raves like "Turn Around" and "Sixteen Days.""
5. Stewart, Allison (2000). "Music: Whiskeytown Tales (The Boston Phoenix. 09-11-00)". The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on 29 November 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-07.