Casey Jones
Grateful Dead
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Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
The song's lyrics, sung from the drug-addled engineer's perspective with the line "driving that train, high on cocaine," reportedly came to lyricist Robert Hunter almost fully formed, as he recalled in a 2015 Rolling Stone interview. [1] The Grateful Dead played it live more than 300 times between June 1969 and beyond, and it has since become one of the band's songs most recognizable to listeners outside the Deadhead fanbase thanks to heavy classic rock radio airplay. [2]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Covered Bo Fox & David Westsource
- Covered Dead & Companysource
- Written by Jerry Garciasource
- Covered Jerry Garcia and Friendssource
- Covered Margo Pricesource
- Covered McEuen & Salazarsource
- Covered Phil Lesh & Friendssource
- Written by Robert Huntersource
- Covered Sunshine Daydreamsource
- Covered The Deadsource
- Covered Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Starsource
- Covered Vassar Clementssource
- Covered Wailing Soulssource
- Covered Warren Zevon with David Lindleysource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
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No country chart has carried this song yet.
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Editions
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Identity
- ISRC
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- Slug
- grateful-dead__casey-jones
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