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Thank You for Today by Death Cab for Cutie
Thank You for Today is an album by Death Cab for Cutie, released in 2018. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 31 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Gold Rush”, on 18 lists with a best position of #2.
Thank You for Today, Death Cab for Cutie's ninth album, came out on Atlantic in August 2018 with Rich Costey back behind the board after working on Kintsugi. It marked a changing of the guard: the first Death Cab record since their debut with no trace of Chris Walla, and the first full album for guitarist-keyboardists Dave Depper and Zac Rae, who had first recorded with the band on the 2016 single "Million Dollar Loan". Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer and Jason McGerr remained the core.
The sound is glossy and wistful, shimmering keys and guitars wrapped around Gibbard's soft, searching voice. "Gold Rush" led the way as the first single, riding a hypnotic, looping pulse, and later landed in the video game FIFA 19; "I Dreamt We Spoke Again" and "Autumn Love" followed before the album arrived. The band dedicated the record to the memory of Scott Hutchison, the Scottish folk-rock frontman.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Thank You for Today on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold Rush | 18 | #2 | – | 2018–2025 | |
| 2 | Northern Lights | 12 | #15 | – | 2018–2022 | |
| 3 | 60 & Punk | 1 | #32 | – | 2018 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.