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Codes and Keys by Death Cab for Cutie
Codes and Keys is an album by Death Cab for Cutie, released in 2011. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 65 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “You are a Tourist”, on 43 lists with a best position of #3.
Codes and Keys, Death Cab for Cutie's seventh album, came out on May 31, 2011, and Ben Gibbard and Nick Harmer warned going in that it would lean on guitars far less than anything they'd made before. They meant it. With Chris Walla and Jason McGerr still aboard, the band lets the six-strings step back, and the result is indie pop that trades riffs for shimmer and a restless, mechanical pulse.
"You Are a Tourist", the first single, streamed on the band's own site that March and became the one rock radio's countdowns kept playing, with "Stay Young, Go Dancing" and "Underneath the Sycamore" trailing behind. The whole album streamed on NPR shortly before release. It opened at number three on the Billboard 200 and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Music Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Codes and Keys on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You are a Tourist | 43 | #3 | – | 2011–2026 | |
| 2 | Stay Young, Go Dancing | 20 | #28 | – | 2011–2019 | |
| 3 | Underneath The Sycamore | 2 | #76 | – | 2012 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.