Grey Street
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| "Grey Street" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Single by Dave Matthews Band | ||
| from the album Busted Stuff | ||
| Released | 2002 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 4:28 (5:06 on the album) | |
| Label | RCA | |
| Producer(s) | Stephen Harris | |
| Chart positions | ||
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| Dave Matthews Band singles chronology | ||
| "Grace Is Gone" (2002) |
"Grey Street" (2002) |
"American Baby" (2005) |
| Busted Stuff track listing | ||
| "Busted Stuff" (Track 1) |
"Grey Street" (Track 2) |
"Where Are You Going" (Track 3) |
| from the album The Lillywhite Sessions | ||
| Length | 5:53 | |
| Label | RCA | |
| Chronology | ||
| "Busted Stuff" (Track 1) |
"Grey Street" (Track 2) |
"Digging a Ditch" (Track 3) |
| The Best of What's Around Vol. 1 track listing | ||
| "The Space Between" (Track 8) |
"Grey Street" (Track 9) |
"Grace Is Gone" (Track 10) |
"Grey Street" is a song by Dave Matthews Band, featured on their 2002 album, Busted Stuff.
"Grey Street" revolves around the story of a girl who is consumed with feelings of loneliness, boredom and powerlessness. Color, and the lack thereof, are motifs in the song. The song has been played to date a total 258 times, most often in 2000 and in 2002.
Dave Matthews has also admitted that the song is inspired by the life of the poet Anne Sexton.