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“Half Light” by Athlete
From the album Tourist (2005)
“Half Light” by Athlete appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2005 and 2007. It was first released in 2005 on the album Tourist. Its best result is #88 (tie) on the WBER Listener Countdown 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #227 alternative song of 2005 and #7,263 alternative song of all time.
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Parlophone issued "Half Light" on 25 April 2005, the second single to come off Tourist, Athlete's second album, and it climbed to number 16 on the UK Singles Chart. Like "Wires" before it, it's lifted straight from Joel Pott's own life: the singer aching over how far touring takes him from his family, how hard it is to hold things together over the phone, and how he means to savor every minute once he's finally home.
Pott, Steve Roberts, Tim Wanstall and Carey Willets share the writing credit, and the band produced it with John Cornfield before Michael Brauer mixed it. Sky One borrowed it in August 2005 to see off the final episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, and in March 2006 it lent its name to an iTunes-only EP of B-sides and remixes from the Tourist singles.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 90 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 88 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 | 230 |
| 2006 | 99 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1857 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
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