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“The Story” by Brandi Carlile

From the album The Story (2007)

“The Story” by Brandi Carlile appears on 25 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2007 and 2026. It was first released in 2007 on the album The Story. Its best result is #1 on the WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #6 indie & aaa song of 2007, #35 indie & aaa song of all time and #89 of the '00s.

25countdowns
7stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
6top 10 finishes
2007–2026years charted

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"The Story" is the title track of Brandi Carlile's 2007 album, and it remains one of the songs she's best known for. Phil Hanseroth wrote it, and T Bone Burnett produced, leaving plenty of room for the song to build from a hushed, folky opening into a full-throated roar, with Carlile's voice cracking and tearing on the high notes as if she were singing it for the last time.

Grey's Anatomy used it in April 2007, and it later turned up on the show's third soundtrack album. Carlile has played it on every one of her tours since.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2007 6 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2009 99 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2009 353 WYEP WYEP 913 Essential Songs 913
2009 71 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2012 330 WYEP WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown 500
2013 27 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2014 359 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2016 67 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2018 63 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2018 1 WTMD WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 896
2019 17 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2019 17 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2020 150 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 65 WYEP WYEP 2021 Labor Day Countdown 168
2022 10 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 27 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time 1055
2023 13 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 195 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2024 43 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049
2024 3 WXPN WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) 885
2025 4 The Current 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now 893
2025 5 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714
2026 17 WYEP WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time 1180
2026 100 KXT KXT 917 Song Countdown 917
2026 12 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound 1055

Charting alongside it in 2007

Best songs of 2007 →
  1. 1Icky ThumpThe White Stripes
  2. 2DashboardModest Mouse
  3. 3The PretenderFoo Fighters
  4. 4Lazy EyeSilversun Pickups
  5. 5Read My MindThe Killers
  6. 6TarantulaThe Smashing Pumpkins

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