In the Neighborhood

"In the Neighborhood"
"In the Neighborhood"
Single by Tom Waits
from the album Swordfishtrombones
B-side	"Frank's Wild Years"
Released	October 1983
Recorded	August 1982 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Experimental rock Chamber pop
Length	3:04
Label	Island
Songwriter(s)	Tom Waits
Producer(s)	Tom Waits
Tom Waits singles chronology

"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.

Accolades edit

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
2000	Colin Larkin	United Kingdom	The All-Time Top 100 Singles^{[citation needed]}	57
2004	Elvis Costello	United Kingdom	The Best Songs from the 500 Best Albums Ever^[1]	*
2009	The Guardian	United Kingdom	1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear^[2]	*
2015	Les Inrockuptibles	France	1000 Necessary Songs^[3]	76
2015	NPO Radio 2	Netherlands	Top 2000^[4]	1594

(*) designates unordered lists.

All songs written by Tom Waits.

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

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1983	Island	LP	IS 141

^ "Costello's 500". Vanity Fair. November 1, 2000. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
^ "1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear". The Guardian. 2009. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
^ "1000 morceaux indispensables". Les Inrockuptibles. 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
^ Top 2000, In the neighborhood
^ 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)