Song · Alabama Shakes
“Dont Wanna Fight” by Alabama Shakes
From the album Sound & Color (2015)
“Dont Wanna Fight” by Alabama Shakes appears on 26 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 2015 and 2026. It was first released in 2015 on the album Sound & Color. Its best result is #1 on the WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015, and it was voted number one on two countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #17 alternative song of 2015 and #290 of the '10s.
"Don't Wanna Fight" was the first taste of Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes' second album, in 2015, and it's a tight, sweaty funk-soul groove with Brittany Howard's voice right up in the red. Heath Fogg and Howard lock their guitars together, Zac Cockrell and Steve Johnson keep the bottom taut, and Howard, who wrote the words, sings like she's holding a fight in check by sheer will.
Blake Mills produced it with the band and Shawn Everett engineered and mixed. They played it live for the first time on Saturday Night Live, and it went on to win two Grammys, Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance, in February 2016, after Rolling Stone had already placed it 20th among the year's best songs.
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
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 359 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 41 | 102.7 WEQX | WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 52 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2020 | 1718 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2023 | 930 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 919 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 448 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 347 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 46 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 118 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 357 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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