Song · Allison Russell
“Nightflyer” by Allison Russell
From the album Outside Child (2021)
“Nightflyer” by Allison Russell appears on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2021 and 2026. It was first released in 2021 on the album Outside Child. Its best result is #1 on the WEXT Top 97 of 2021. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #36 indie & aaa song of 2021, #2,699 indie & aaa song of all time and #225 of the '20s.
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"Nightflyer" is one of the songs on Outside Child, the album Allison Russell put out on Fantasy Records on May 21, 2021, her first under her own name after two decades spent in Po' Girl, Birds of Chicago and Our Native Daughters. She wrote it with Jeremy Lindsay, and Dan Knobler, who produced the whole record, produced it.
Outside Child is the record where Russell faced the abuse she suffered as a child at her stepfather's hands, though she has framed it as a story about getting out: resilience, survival, art and the family you choose. Critics took it to heart. It picked up three Grammy nominations, and the Americana Music Association named it Album of the Year in 2022.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2021 | 25 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2021 | 100 |
| 2021 | 27 | WYEP Pittsburgh, PA | WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2021 | 91 |
| 2021 | 45 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2021 | 200 |
| 2021 | 1 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2021 | 97 |
| 2021 | 85 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 85 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2024 | 1001 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 283 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2026 | 164 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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