Song · Big Thief
“Certainty” by Big Thief
From the album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (2022)
“Certainty” by Big Thief appears on 7 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2021 and 2026. It was first released in 2022 on the album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You. Its best result is #18 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2021. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #95 indie & aaa song of 2021, #3,283 indie & aaa song of all time and #484 of the '20s.
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"Certainty" comes from Big Thief's 2022 album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, released in February of that year, and it puts two of the band's voices side by side: Adrianne Lenker and Buck Meek wrote it together, strum acoustic guitars side by side and share the vocals, with Hannah Cohen joining in.
James Krivchenia produced it and plays drums, while Sam Evian engineered, mixed, added production and shakes the tambourine. It's loose, warm and unhurried, the sound of friends leaning into the same microphone.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
| 2021 | 72 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
| 2021 | 18 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2022 | 43 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1349 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2022 | 234 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2026 | 162 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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