In the Neighborhood

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"In the Neighborhood"
Tom Waits - In the Neighborhood.jpg
Single by Tom Waits
from the album Swordfishtrombones
B-side "Frank's Wild Years"
ReleasedOctober 1983 (1983-10)
RecordedAugust 1982 (1982-08) at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA
Genre
Length3:04
Label Island
Songwriter(s) Tom Waits
Producer(s) Tom Waits
Tom Waits singles chronology
"Jersey Girl"
(1980)		"In the Neighborhood"
(1983)		"Jockey Full of Bourbon"
(1985)

"In the Neighborhood" is a song by Tom Waits appearing on his 1983 album Swordfishtrombones . It was released as a single in October 1983 by Island Records.

Contents

Accolades

YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank
2000 Colin Larkin United KingdomThe All-Time Top 100 Singles[ citation needed ]57
2004 Elvis Costello United KingdomThe Best Songs from the 500 Best Albums Ever [1] *
2009 The Guardian United Kingdom1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear [2] *
2015 Les Inrockuptibles France1000 Necessary Songs [3] 76
2015 NPO Radio 2 Netherlands Top 2000 [4] 1594

(*) designates unordered lists.

Formats and track listing

All songs written by Tom Waits.

UK 7" single (IS 141)
  1. "In the Neighborhood" – 3:04
  2. "Frank's Wild Years" – 1:50
UK 12" single (12IS 160)
  1. "In the Neighborhood" – 3:04
  2. "Singapore" – 2:46
  3. "Tango 'Till They're Sore" Recorded live in Paris 16.11.85 – 3:20
  4. "16 Shells" Recorded live in Paris 16.11.85 – 5:27

Personnel

Adapted from the In the Neighborhood liner notes. [5]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom1983 Island LP IS 141

References

  1. ↑ "Costello's 500". Vanity Fair . November 1, 2000. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear". The Guardian . 2009. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  3. ↑ "1000 morceaux indispensables". Les Inrockuptibles . 2015. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ Top 2000, In the neighborhood
  5. ↑ In the Neighborhood (booklet). Tom Waits. London, United Kingdom: Island Records. 1983.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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