16 Days (song)

"16 Days"
Single by Whiskeytown
from the album Strangers Almanac
B-side	"The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over" "Wither, I'm a Flower"
Released	July 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Alternative country
Label	Outpost Recordings
Songwriter(s)	Ryan Adams
Producer(s)	Jim Scott
Whiskeytown singles chronology
"16 Days" (1997) "Yesterday's News" (1998)

"16 Days" is a song by alternative country band Whiskeytown and written by Ryan Adams. It first appeared on Whiskeytown's Strangers Almanac album in 1997, and was released that same year as a CD single. An earlier version of the song – recorded during the band's "Baseball Park" sessions – was released on the 1998 reissue of the band's first album Faithless Street. And an alternate, acoustic version of the song – also recorded during the "Baseball Park" sessions – was released on the 2008 deluxe edition of Strangers Almanac.

According to Ryan Adams, the song was released as a single and was getting significant radio airplay until, in a fit of anger, he dared a powerful West Coast radio programmer to take the song off the air. The programmer obliged, and the song soon disappeared from radio playlists.

Cover versions

The song has been covered by The Clarks on their album Songs in G.

The song has also been covered by Wade Bowen as a hidden track on his Blue Light Live album

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"16 Days"	Ryan Adams	3:55
2.	"The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over"	Alejandro Escovedo	4:40
3.	"Wither, I'm A Flower"	Ryan Adams	4:53

Personnel and production credits

• Ryan Adams — acoustic & electric guitars, singing, banjo, piano, percussion
• Phil Wandscher — electric guitar, singing, organ, percussion
• Caitlin Cary — violin, singing
• Steven Terry — drums, singing, percussion
• Jeff Rice — bass guitar
• Produced, engineered, and mixed by Jim Scott