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“6th Avenue Heartache” is a song by the band The Wallflowers, and was the first single from their 1996 album Bringing Down the Horse. The single was released in summer 1996, and became their first hit, peaking at #8 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and #10 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Though the song was a hit on rock radio, it was overshadowed by its follow-up single, “One Headlight.“ Jakob Dylan, the band’s lead singer, wrote the song when he was eighteen years old, and considered it the first real song he had written. It was meant to go on their self-titled first album, but the record company would not allow it. The lyrics are based on Dylan’s own experiences while living in New York, in particular the story of a homeless man who would sit outside his window and... Read on...