So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star performed by Patti Smith

• Original Artist The Byrds
• From the release Younger Than Yesterday (Album)
• Total Plays 52 times by Patti Smith
•   1119 times by 90 artists
• First Played in Concert July 28, 1995 at Lollapalooza 1995
• Most Recently Played November 21, 2025 at Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, USA

Years

	Year	Song Performances
1	2001	18
2	2000	9
3	2003	5
4	2004	4
	2025	4
6	2006	3
	2023	3
8	1999	2
9	1995	1
	1996	1
	1998	1
	2009	1

Plays by Other Artists

• Roger McGuinn 190 times
• The Byrds 129 times
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 113 times
• Counting Crows 82 times
• BAP 77 times
• Patti Smith Group 44 times
• Elvis Costello & The Attractions 33 times
• Roxette 26 times
• The Figgs 25 times
• McGuinn, Clark & Hillman 24 times
• McGuinn & Hillman 22 times
• R.E.M. 22 times
• Manassas 20 times
• Green Leaf Rustlers 14 times
• Chris Hillman 12 times
• Gene Clark 12 times
• Stevie Nicks 11 times
• Mike Gent 10 times
• Roger McGuinn & Gene Clark 10 times
• Charly García 9 times
• Pearl Jam 8 times
• The Hooters 8 times
• CPR 7 times
• Eddie Vedder 7 times
• The 20th Anniversary Tribute to the Byrds 7 times
• The Move 7 times
• Firefall 6 times
• Jon Bon Jovi 6 times
• Lolita Pop 6 times
• Nazareth 6 times
• Various Artists 6 times
• Bob Dylan with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 5 times
• Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ 5 times
• Elvis Costello 5 times
• Elvis Costello & The Imposters 5 times
• Jeff Bridges 4 times
• Black Rabbit 3 times
• Bon Jovi 3 times
• British Lions 3 times
• Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen 3 times
• Peter Frampton 3 times
• Rich Hopkins & Luminarios 3 times
• Richard Clapton 3 times
• The Grip Weeds 3 times
• The Stompers 3 times
• Velvet Crush 3 times
• Gigolo Aunts 2 times
• Michael Hedges 2 times
• Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs 2 times
• Quarterflash 2 times
• Richard Thompson 2 times
• Rockit Academy 2 times
• Ronnie Wood 2 times
• The Byrds featuring Michael Clarke 2 times
• The Cyrkle 2 times
• Wake Ooloo 2 times
• Wolfgang Niedecken 2 times
• Any Trouble 1 time
• Beck 1 time
• Belle and Sebastian 1 time
• Blue Dogs 1 time
• Colorblind Dilemma 1 time
• Country Gazette 1 time
• Dan Fogelberg 1 time
• Daryll-Ann 1 time
• David Crosby 1 time
• Don’t Back Down 1 time
• Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve 1 time
• Ex Norwegian 1 time
• Gamma 1 time
• Goodness 1 time
• Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives 1 time
• Reckless Kelly 1 time
• Route 17 Rock’n’Roll Orchestra 1 time
• Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks 1 time
• Tenacious D 1 time
• The Breakers 1 time
• The Byrds Celebration 1 time
• The Coward Brothers 1 time
• The Gingers 1 time
• The Iveys 1 time
• The Mighty Manatees 1 time
• The Refugees 1 time
• The Wallflowers 1 time
• The Windbreakers 1 time
• Tony Shanahan 1 time
• T‐Bone Burnett 1 time
• Wilco 1 time
• Yo La Tengo 1 time