Song · Brandi Carlile
“Broken Horses” by Brandi Carlile
From the album In These Silent Days (2021)
“Broken Horses” by Brandi Carlile appears on 17 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2021 and 2026. It was first released in 2021 on the album In These Silent Days. Its best result is #5 on the Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #22 indie & aaa song of 2022, #1,421 indie & aaa song of all time and #62 of the '20s.
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Brandi Carlile lets it rip on "Broken Horses", a charging, dust-kicking rocker from her 2021 album In These Silent Days, written with Phil and Tim Hanseroth. Carlile drives it on acoustic guitar while Tim Hanseroth layers electric and 12-string, Phil holds down the bass and Christopher Powell pounds the drums, and her voice goes from a growl to a full-throated howl.
Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings produced, with Jennings adding piano, and Tom Elmhirst mixed it big and roomy, the three voices stacked together like a gang on the chorus.
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 | 77 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2021 | 200 |
| 2021 | 47 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2021 | 89 |
| 2021 | 11 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2021 | 88 |
| 2021 | 45 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2021 | 90 |
| 2022 | 50 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2022 | 100 |
| 2022 | 15 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2022 | 103 |
| 2022 | 9 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 5 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2022 | 200 |
| 2022 | 45 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2022 | 97 |
| 2022 | 25 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2022 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 857 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 717 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 1037 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 192 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 81 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 245 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 445 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
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