Song · Bonnie Raitt
“Used To Rule The World” by Bonnie Raitt
From the album Slipstream (2012)
“Used To Rule The World” by Bonnie Raitt appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2012 and 2018. It was first released in 2012 on the album Slipstream. Its best result is #36 on the WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #105 indie & aaa song of 2012.
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Bonnie Raitt produced Slipstream herself, her 16th studio album, released on Redwing Records in April 2012, and a Randall Bramblett song, "Used to Rule the World", became one of its two singles. It made the US Triple A chart, as did the other one, her cover of Gerry Rafferty's "Right Down the Line".
Raitt sings it and plays slide, and the band around her is a deep bench: Ricky Fataar on drums, James Hutchinson on bass, George Marinelli and Johnny Lee Schell on electric guitars, Mike Finnigan on Hammond organ and backing vocals, and Luis Conte on percussion. Ryan Freeland recorded and mixed it. The album itself went on to win the Grammy for Best Americana Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 36 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2012 | 50 |
| 2012 | 73 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 179 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2018 | 656 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
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