Song · Cold War Kids
“Love Is Mystical” by Cold War Kids
From the album LA Divine (2017)
“Love Is Mystical” by Cold War Kids appears on 11 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 2017 and 2026. It was first released in 2017 on the album LA Divine. Its best result is #8 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #12 alternative song of 2017 and #417 of the '10s.
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"Love Is Mystical" led the charge for L.A. Divine, the sixth Cold War Kids album, in 2017, and it doubled as the band's first release on Capitol Records. Lars Stalfors produced it and shares the writing credit with the whole band, which makes it a true group effort: Nathan Willett sings lead and plays piano and guitar, Matt Maust holds down the bass, Joe Plummer handles percussion, and David Quon and Matthew Schwartz split guitars and keyboards, with Schwartz adding backing vocals.
Willett has described it as a song about love of the supernatural kind, the hunt for inspiration and meaning and the giving in to feeling that comes with it. Alternative radio bought in: it reached number two on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.
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 | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 41 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 17 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
| 2017 | 41 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2017 | 104 |
| 2017 | 24 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017 | 103 |
| 2017 | 62 | WERS 88.9 Boston, MA | WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 53 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017 | 104 |
| 2017 | 10 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1275 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2024 | 396 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2026 | 688 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: Love is Mystical.
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