Album · Patty Griffin
Children Running Through by Patty Griffin
Children Running Through is an album by Patty Griffin, released in 2007. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 21 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Heavenly Day”, on 14 lists with a best position of #23.
Children Running Through, Patty Griffin's fifth studio album, came out on ATO in 2007, and it's the Americana songwriter at her most generous: stripped-down folk songs with room for a gospel lift, a soul shimmy or a hushed piano confession, all carried by a voice that can whisper and wail in the same line.
"Heavenly Day" is a small, sunlit charmer, and "No Bad News" rolls on a loose, swampy groove. It debuted at number 34 on the Billboard 200, the highest she had ever gone, and won Album of the Year at the Americana awards in 2007, the same year she was named Artist of the Year. Other singers noticed too: Kelly Clarkson sang "Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)" with Jeff Beck on American Idol's Idol Gives Back special and covered "No Bad News" on tour, and Emmylou Harris took on the bonus track "Moon Song".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Children Running Through on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heavenly Day | 14 | #23 | – | 2007–2026 | |
| 2 | No Bad News | 7 | #26 | – | 2007–2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.