Song · Brandi Carlile
“Human” by Brandi Carlile
From the album Returning to Myself (2025)
“Human” by Brandi Carlile appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations in 2025. It was first released in 2025 on the album Returning to Myself. Its best result is #10 on the WERS Top 88 Songs of 2025. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #44 indie & aaa song of 2025 and #200 of the '20s.
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"Human" arrived on October 24, 2025, the day Brandi Carlile released Returning to Myself, her eighth studio album, through Interscope and Lost Highway. She made it after a stretch of writing and recording with Elton John that produced their joint album Who Believes in Angels? that April.
The song carries a crowded, star-studded credit sheet. Carlile wrote it with Phil and Tim Hanseroth and Andrew Watt, and produced it alongside Watt, Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon. Six players are credited on electric guitar, Carlile, both Hanseroths, Dessner, Vernon and Watt, while Chad Smith and Matt Chamberlain split the drums, Stewart Cole adds French horn and trumpet, and Carlile moves between piano and Wurlitzer. Serban Ghenea mixed the whole big-hearted pileup down.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2025 | 90 |
| 2025 | 10 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2025 | 88 |
| 2025 | 58 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 106 of 2025 | 106 |
| 2025 | 46 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2025 | 107 |
| 2025 | 17 | WYEP Pittsburgh, PA | WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
| 2025 | 13 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2025 | 90 |
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