Song · Aloe Blacc
“I Need a Dollar” by Aloe Blacc
From the album Good Things (2010)
“I Need a Dollar” by Aloe Blacc appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2010 and 2026. It was first released in 2010 on the album Good Things. Its best result is #10 on the WRSI Top 94 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #182 indie & aaa song of 2010 and #4,194 indie & aaa song of all time.
"I Need a Dollar" comes from Aloe Blacc's 2010 album Good Things, and it found a second life on screen: HBO made it the opening theme for How to Make It in America, and iTunes named it its Single of the Week. Blacc wrote it with Leon Michels, Nick Movshon and Jeff Silverman. It also turned up in the game Fight Night Champion and a Boost Mobile ad, and Blacc sang it on Later... with Jools Holland, The Graham Norton Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Conan.
Of its two videos, the first, shot in New York in 2010, splits the screen, with Blacc singing in an apartment on one side and a man walking the city streets on the other, until Blacc crosses over, plays a bar and the song turns into "Life So Hard". A second, from 2011, moved to Las Vegas under director Derek Pike.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 94 Songs of 2010 | 93 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 554 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2022 | 939 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2024 | 628 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2026 | 348 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: I Need A Dollar.
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