Song · Beck
“Waking Light” by Beck
Released 2014
“Waking Light” by Beck appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2014 and 2025. It was first released in 2014. Its best result is #64 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #329 indie & aaa song of 2014 and #4,054 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Beck saved "Waking Light" for the very end of Morning Phase, his 12th studio album, and sent it out in 2014 as the record's second single. He wrote it, produced it and sings it, and he paints most of the colors himself: electric guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer and glockenspiel. Around him are Jason Falkner on electric guitar, Roger Joseph Manning Jr. on clavinet, Matt Mahaffey on more organ, Justin Meldal-Johnsen on bass and Joey Waronker on drums.
It's a sunrise of a closer, and critics heard the psychedelia swirling in it: Spin's Marc Hogan called it "richly orchestrated psych-pop" and Paste found it beautifully dreamy. It climbed to 43 on Billboard's rock chart, and Beck gave it its live debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 12, 2014.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 64 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2014 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 299 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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