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“Ain't It a Sin” by Charles Bradley
From the album Changes (2016)
“Ain't It a Sin” by Charles Bradley appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2016 and 2019. It was first released in 2016 on the album Changes. Its best result is #36 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #63 indie & aaa song of 2016 and #4,863 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Ain't It a Sin" turns up on Changes, the third album from funk and soul singer Charles Bradley, released on Daptone on April 1, 2016. Brian Profilio wrote it, and Thomas Brenneck ran the whole session: he produced, engineered and mixed it, with Joe Harrison, Victor Axelrod and Jens Jungkurth assisting.
It shares the record with the title track, Bradley's take on Black Sabbath's "Changes", which had first surfaced as a Record Store Day single in 2013. Critics warmed to the album: Pitchfork's Jay Balfour called it his most straightforward and best yet, PopMatters' Steve Horowitz heard in Bradley the nearest thing alive to James Brown, and The Observer's Kitty Empire reached for Al Green.
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 | 61 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2016 | 89 |
| 2016 | 71 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2016 | 90 |
| 2016 | 36 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2016 | 90 |
| 2016 | 37 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2016 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 776 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 776 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
Also listed as: Ain't It A Sin; Ain't it Sin.
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