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The Virgin Digital Sessions by Hold Steady
The Virgin Digital Sessions is an EP by Hold Steady, released in 2005. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Your Little Hoodrat Friend”, on 5 lists with a best position of #101.
The Virgin Digital Sessions was a download-only EP the Hold Steady put out in early 2005, sold as MP3s through Amazon, SpiralFrog and other online shops. It landed between their 2004 debut, Almost Killed Me, and Separation Sunday, and works as a sneak preview of the latter: alternate mixes of its first three songs ended up on that album, while "212 Margarita" did not.
Craig Finn and Tad Kubler had started the band in Brooklyn after their old group, Lifter Puller, fell apart, and this is the Hold Steady in their hungry early days, all classic rock swagger under Finn's dense, talky storytelling. "Your Little Hoodrat Friend" is the prize here, a bar-band rave-up that shows off both halves of the formula.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Virgin Digital Sessions on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your Little Hoodrat Friend | 5 | #101 | – | 2012–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.