| "One Headlight" | ||||
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| Single by the Wallflowers | ||||
| from the album Bringing Down the Horse | ||||
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| Released | January 27, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
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| Label | Interscope | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jakob Dylan | |||
| Producer(s) | T Bone Burnett | |||
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| "One Headlight" on YouTube | ||||
"One Headlight" is a song by American rock band the Wallflowers. The song was written by lead singer Jakob Dylan, and produced by T Bone Burnett. It was released in January 1997 as the second single from the band's second studio album, Bringing Down the Horse (1996).
The song is notable for being the first single to reach No. 1 on all three of Billboard's rock airplay charts: the Modern Rock Tracks chart, the Mainstream Rock Songs chart, and the Triple-A chart. "One Headlight" also stayed at No. 1 in Canada for five weeks. In 2000, the song was listed at No. 58 on Rolling Stone and MTV's list of the "100 Greatest Pop Songs of All Time",[3] and Billboard ranked it as No. 1 on its 2021 list of the "Greatest Adult Alternative Songs".[4][5]
- ^ "Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit From Worst to Best". March 28, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ^ Waldman, Scott (April 3, 2020). "10 Best Pop-Rock Songs of the '90s". Loudwire. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
- ^ Rolling Stone & MTV: '100 Greatest Pop Songs': 51-100 (compiled by VH1 in 2000)
- ^ Bain, Katie (February 19, 2021). "Jakob Dylan on 25 Years of 'One Headlight': 'I Can Still Listen to It & Say "Damn, That Was Pretty F–king Good"'". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
- ^ "Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 11, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2024.