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“First” by Cold War Kids

From the album Hold My Home (2014)

“First” by Cold War Kids appears on 31 radio countdowns from 22 stations between 2014 and 2026. It was first released in 2014 on the album Hold My Home. Its best result is #2 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #2 alternative song of 2015, #2,593 alternative song of all time and #73 of the '10s.

31countdowns
22stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
9top 10 finishes
2014–2026years charted

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"First" was the second and last single pulled from Hold My Home, Cold War Kids' 2014 album and their fifth, and it went out in 2015 to become the band's biggest hit. The whole band shares the writing credit, while Lars Stalfors and Dann Gallucci produced it, and it's a hard-strutting stomp with a chorus built to be shouted back.

Critics liked it, and radio liked it even more: it climbed all the way to number one on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, the band's highest-charting single, and it went on to be certified platinum in the US.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2014 89 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2014 100
2015 2 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 91
2015 2 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2015 25
2015 3 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2015 89
2015 29 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015 103
2015 15 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2015 99
2015 26 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 104
2015 3 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2015 125
2015 70 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015 107
2015 2 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015 103
2015 14 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015 100
2015 44 The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015 89
2015 52 WERS 88.9 Boston, MA WERS Top 88 Songs of 2015 88
2016 3 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 99
2016 2 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2016 50
2017 53 WERS 88.9 Boston, MA WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 88
2020 76 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020 93

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2016 248 WYEP WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 913
2019 3 ALT 98.7 ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade 98
2019 3 103.3 The Edge 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade 103
2019 85 102.7 WEQX WEQX Top 102.7 of the 2010's Decade 103
2020 29 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s 102
2020 47 The Buzz The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade 99
2020 42 X96 X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade 100
2020 346 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2022 392 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2022 47 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2022 990 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 603
2023 179 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 975 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2026 22 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

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