Song · Black Pumas
“Colors” by Black Pumas
From the album Black Pumas (2019)
“Colors” by Black Pumas appears on 25 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2019 and 2026. It was first released in 2019 on the album Black Pumas. Its best result is #1 on The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time, and it was voted number one on three countdowns in total. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #192 of the '20s.
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"Colors" came out in April 2019 as the third single from Black Pumas' self-titled debut, and it's psychedelic soul that glows rather than burns. Eric Burton wrote it while he was still learning guitar, picking out notes after waking from a nap on his uncle's rooftop in Alamogordo, New Mexico, with the sky's shifting shades in front of him, and he turned that view into a song about mortality and togetherness. He was leading worship at a church back then, and it shows: Lauren Cervantes and Angela Miller bring a gospel lift to the chorus.
Adrian Quesada produced, engineered and mixed it, laying electric guitar and keys around Burton's acoustic, with Art Brown's tenor sax and Adrienne Short's violin warming the edges. It went on to earn Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best American Roots Performance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 29 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2019 | 88 |
| 2019 | 1 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2019 | 89 |
| 2019 | 12 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2019 | 107 |
| 2019 | 63 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019 | 89 |
| 2019 | 75 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2019 | 90 |
| 2019 | 2 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2019 | 90 |
| 2019 | 1 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2019 | 200 |
| 2020 | 2 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2020 | 103 |
| 2020 | 38 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2020 | 100 |
| 2021 | 5 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2021 | 91 |
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