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“Holocene” by Bon Iver
From the album Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011)
“Holocene” by Bon Iver appears on 20 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2011 and 2025. It was first released in 2011 on the album Bon Iver, Bon Iver. Its best result is #13 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #447 alternative song of 2011.
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Justin Vernon wrote "Holocene" alone and ran nearly every dial on it himself for Bon Iver, Bon Iver in 2011: he produced it, engineered it with Nate Vernon and mixed it with Brian Joseph. It went out as the album's second single that September, backed with a cover of Peter Gabriel's "Come Talk to Me" that had first surfaced as a limited Record Store Day release.
It's all patient, glinting guitar and a hushed, high voice that swells by degrees into something vast, indie folk stretched wide enough to hold a whole winter sky. Critics put it on their best-of-2011 lists, it drew Grammy nominations for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year, and the band played it on Saturday Night Live in February 2012. Filmmakers love its hush, too: Cameron Crowe used it in We Bought a Zoo.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2011 | 100 |
| 2011 | 13 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2011 | 90 |
| 2011 | 53 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 | 100 |
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