Song · Brandi Carlile
“That Wasn't Me” by Brandi Carlile
From the album Bear Creek (2012)
“That Wasn't Me” by Brandi Carlile appears on 12 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2012 and 2024. It was first released in 2012 on the album Bear Creek. Its best result is #16 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #15 indie & aaa song of 2012, #2,027 indie & aaa song of all time and #277 of the '10s.
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Brandi Carlile led off Bear Creek, her fourth studio album, with "That Wasn't Me", announcing the two together in March 2012 and putting the single online that April. She wrote it about a friend's addiction and recovery, but sings it from the addict's side, a song about healing and making amends. The style drew on Elton John, the Beatles and Sheryl Crow, with Dave Palmer on piano, Phil Hanseroth on bass and Tim Hanseroth on guitar, both of them singing behind her.
Carlile produced it with the Hanseroths and Trina Shoemaker, who also engineered and mixed. In the video, Kris Kristofferson plays the addict.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 39 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2012 | 107 |
| 2012 | 16 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
| 2012 | 39 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 16 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2012 | 101 |
| 2012 | 17 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2012 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 698 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2019 | 1002 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 1002 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2022 | 1124 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 342 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2023 | 965 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 1024 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
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