Song · Alabama Shakes
“Future People” by Alabama Shakes
From the album Sound & Color (2015)
“Future People” by Alabama Shakes appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2015 and 2025. It was first released in 2015 on the album Sound & Color. Its best result is #25 on the WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #88 indie & aaa song of 2015 and #2,718 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Future People" went out as the third single from Sound & Color, the second album by Alabama Shakes, and it's a Brittany Howard showcase: she sings it, plays guitar and percussion, and wrote the words with Blake Mills, who co-produced it with the band. The music is credited to Howard, Zac Cockrell, Heath Fogg and Steve Johnson; Fogg adds guitar, Cockrell bass, Johnson drums and percussion and Ben Tanner keys, and Shawn Everett engineered and mixed it.
Music Times praised Howard's falsetto on it, and The Observer's Kitty Empire liked its "sultry soul-rock groove"; it climbed to 37 on Billboard's rock chart. Danny Clinch directed the video, which shows the band playing it live at Capitol Studio A in Hollywood.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 | 104 |
| 2015 | 86 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015 | 107 |
| 2015 | 76 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 499 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 501 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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