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“Best Kept Secret” by case/lang/veirs
From the album case/lang/veirs (2016)
“Best Kept Secret” by case/lang/veirs appears on 7 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2016 and 2025. It was first released in 2016 on the album case/lang/veirs. Its best result is #8 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #93 indie & aaa song of 2016 and #7,104 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Best Kept Secret" is a Laura Veirs song from case/lang/veirs, the 2016 album she made with Neko Case and k.d. lang, a Canadian-American trio that lang herself called a one-off. The three recorded it in November 2015 and co-produced alongside Tucker Martine, who also engineered and mixed.
The arrangement reaches past the usual folk-rock kit: Anna Fritz on cello, Kyleen King on viola, Patti King on violin and Ralph Carney on horn, giving Veirs's writing a burnished, chamber-pop glow. Reviewers greeted the album with ecstatic notices, with Pitchfork's Laura Snapes singling out its musicianship and its images drawn from the natural world.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 83 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2016 | 89 |
| 2016 | 76 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2016 | 89 |
| 2016 | 8 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2016 | 90 |
| 2016 | 80 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2016 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 815 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2023 | 271 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
| 2025 | 720 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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