Song · Broken Bells
“Saturdays” by Broken Bells
From the album Into the Blue (2022)
“Saturdays” by Broken Bells appears on 8 radio countdowns from 8 stations in 2022. It was first released in 2022 on the album Into the Blue. Its best result is #41 on the WERS Top 88 Songs of 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #492 alternative song of 2022.
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"Saturdays" was the second taste of Into the Blue, the third Broken Bells album, arriving on August 10, 2022, ahead of the record's October release on AWAL. It came at the end of a long silence: nothing full-length from the duo since 2014's After the Disco, the longest wait between their albums yet.
James Mercer sings it and plays guitar and bass, Brian Burton colors it in with synthesizer and Mellotron, and Danger Mouse gets the producer's credit. Burton and Mercer wrote it with Jim Milne. It's a woozy, warm-blooded thing, vintage keys and a sighing vocal drifting along together. Paired with the lead single, it struck at least one critic as proof of a band stretching its songwriting and tone while settling on a clear look and feel for the album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 75 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2022 | 91 |
| 2022 | 47 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2022 | 100 |
| 2022 | 44 | KXT Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | KXT Top 91.7 Songs of 2022 | 92 |
| 2022 | 56 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022 | 90 |
| 2022 | 63 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2022 | 103 |
| 2022 | 69 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2022 | 200 |
| 2022 | 41 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2022 | 88 |
| 2022 | 87 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2022 | 107 |
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