Song · Amythyst Kiah
“Black Myself” by Amythyst Kiah
From the album Wary + Strange (2021)
“Black Myself” by Amythyst Kiah appears on 14 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2021 and 2025. It was first released in 2021 on the album Wary + Strange. Its best result is #2 on the WEXT Top 97 of 2021. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #7 indie & aaa song of 2021, #6,729 indie & aaa song of all time and #30 of the '20s.
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"Black Myself" comes from Amythyst Kiah's album Wary + Strange, released on June 18, 2021, and she wrote it alone, words and music. She co-produced it with Tony Berg and Will Maclellan, who also recorded it, and she plays acoustic guitar under her own vocal. The band around her is stacked: Blake Mills on guitars, Wendy Melvoin on bass, Kane Ritchotte on drums and percussion, and Berg on piano.
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 | 34 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
| 2021 | 2 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2021 | 97 |
| 2021 | 100 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2021 | 104 |
| 2021 | 3 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2021 | 12 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
| 2021 | 10 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2021 | 100 |
| 2021 | 40 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2021 | 8 | WYEP Pittsburgh, PA | WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2021 | 91 |
| 2021 | 9 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Most Played Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2021 | 16 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2021 | 200 |
| 2021 | 65 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2021 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1260 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2024 | 848 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 758 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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