Song · Arlo Parks
“Softly” by Arlo Parks
Released 2022
“Softly” by Arlo Parks appears on 10 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2022 and 2023. It was first released in 2022. Its best result is #11 on the Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #260 alternative song of 2022.
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"Softly" opened Arlo Parks' 2022, the first new music she had shared since Collapsed in Sunbeams came out in January 2021. She teased it on social media at the end of January and put it out on February 1, a contemporary R&B single with a video directed by Zhang and Knight.
By her own account it's a song about longing: about how breakable you feel in the last days of a relationship when you're still hopelessly in love with the other person.
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
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 47 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2022 | 89 |
| 2022 | 62 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 11 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2022 | 103 |
| 2022 | 28 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2022 | 200 |
| 2022 | 41 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2022 | 103 |
| 2022 | 79 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2022 | 88 |
| 2022 | 57 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2022 | 97 |
| 2022 | 83 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91.7 Songs of 2022 | 92 |
| 2022 | 25 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2022 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 408 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
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