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“Dylan Thomas” by Better Oblivion Community Center
From the album Better Oblivion Community Center (2019)
“Dylan Thomas” by Better Oblivion Community Center appears on 14 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2019 and 2025. It was first released in 2019 on the album Better Oblivion Community Center. Its best result is #9 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #16 indie & aaa song of 2019, #4,148 indie & aaa song of all time and #115 of the '10s.
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"Dylan Thomas" comes from Better Oblivion Community Center, the 2019 album Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst made under that deadpan band name, and the two wrote it together and trade the lead vocals. They produced it with Andy LeMaster, and the lineup is deep: Bridgers on electric guitar, Oberst on baritone guitar, Nick Zinner adding guitar, Anna Butterss on bass, Carla Azar on drums, Christian Lee Hutson on tambourine and John Congleton on synthesizer, with Congleton mixing too. The result is a brisk, jangling rocker that sounds like two old friends finishing each other's jokes.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2019 | 89 |
| 2019 | 19 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2019 | 90 |
| 2019 | 60 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2019 | 100 |
| 2019 | 35 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2019 | 90 |
| 2019 | 78 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2019 | 200 |
| 2019 | 42 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2019 | 88 |
| 2019 | 14 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019 | 89 |
| 2019 | 46 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 808 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2022 | 1201 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 873 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 897 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2025 | 820 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 309 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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