Song · Cat Power
“Cherokee” by Cat Power
From the album Sun (2012)
“Cherokee” by Cat Power appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2012 and 2019. It was first released in 2012 on the album Sun. Its best result is #54 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #221 indie & aaa song of 2012 and #8,325 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Cherokee" opens Sun, which Matador released in September 2012: Cat Power's ninth album, and her first set of all-original songs since 2006's The Greatest. She wrote it, produced it and plays on it, and handed the mix to Philippe Zdar, with Jeff Dominguez engineering.
The record around it took her somewhere new: NPR's Bob Boilen heard more push, more electronics, drum machines and synthesizers, and called the whole thing very bold. "Cherokee" later got a video of its own, and Nicolas Jaar made an ambient remix of it that fans could download from her official website.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 54 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 613 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
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