Song · Ben Folds
“Landed” by Ben Folds
“Landed” by Ben Folds appears on 25 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2005 and 2025. Its best result is #14 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #106 alternative song of 2005 and #2,547 alternative song of all time.
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Ben Folds picked "Landed" as the first single from Songs for Silverman in 2005, and it turned into one of the bigger hits of his career, reaching 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 40 on the Adult Top 40. By Folds' own account there's no great mystery to it: a friend of his was stuck in a bad relationship, so he wrote a song about it.
The real drama is in the strings. Paul Buckmaster wrote an arrangement, and Folds left it off the first release, feeling Buckmaster had pushed too hard, to the point of crowding the song. He regretted that before the record even reached stores, and every version released since carries the strings.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 32 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 16 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 | 230 |
| 2005 | 14 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2005 | 40 |
| 2005 | 55 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 | 100 |
| 2005 | 311 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
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