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“Black Moon Rising” by Black Pumas
From the album Black Pumas (2019)
“Black Moon Rising” by Black Pumas appears on 14 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2018 and 2026. It was first released in 2019 on the album Black Pumas. Its best result is #6 on The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time.
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"Black Moon Rising" comes from Black Pumas' self-titled album, released in June 2019, and it's the sound of two sensibilities meeting in the middle. Eric Burton wrote the words and sings them; Adrian Quesada co-wrote the music with him and then ran nearly everything else, producing, engineering and mixing it and playing guitar and keyboards. Trevor Nealon adds more keys, Scott Davies and John Speice lay down bass and drums, and Alexis Buffum's violin slips in around the edges. It's a low, smoldering groove with a voice riding over it that sounds like it has all night.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 86 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2018 | 89 |
| 2019 | 73 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2019 | 200 |
| 2019 | 62 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019 | 104 |
| 2019 | 17 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2019 | 90 |
| 2019 | 7 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2019 | 107 |
| 2019 | 69 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2019 | 100 |
| 2020 | 58 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2020 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 875 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2019 | 875 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2020 | 1130 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 6 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2024 | 221 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 301 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2026 | 8 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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