Song · Adele
“Easy On Me” by Adele
From the album 30 (2021)
“Easy On Me” by Adele appears on 11 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2021 and 2022. It was first released in 2021 on the album 30. Its best result is #5 on the WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2021.
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"Easy on Me" opened the book on 30, Adele's fourth album: the lead single, out on Columbia in October 2021, written with Greg Kurstin, who produced it and played the piano, bass and drums himself. It's a torch ballad in the old sense, that voice out front and a piano that keeps swelling louder underneath, and Tom Elmhirst's mix leaves nothing in the way.
The subject is her divorce, and she asks for understanding from three directions at once: her son, her ex-husband and herself. That candor landed. It went to number one in 30 territories, won the Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance and a Brit Award in 2022, and in Xavier Dolan's video she packs up and leaves the house seen in the "Hello" clip from 2015.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2021 | 88 |
| 2021 | 26 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2021 | 104 |
| 2021 | 6 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
| 2021 | 29 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2021 | 107 |
| 2021 | 98 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2021 | 100 |
| 2021 | 18 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
| 2021 | 5 | WYEP Pittsburgh, PA | WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2021 | 91 |
| 2021 | 23 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2021 | 46 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2021 | 153 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2021 | 200 |
| 2022 | 79 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2022 | 109 |
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