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“Miracle Mile” by Cold War Kids
From the album Dear Miss Lonelyhearts (2013)
“Miracle Mile” by Cold War Kids appears on 10 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2013 and 2025. It was first released in 2013 on the album Dear Miss Lonelyhearts. Its best result is #3 on the CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #47 alternative song of 2013, #5,340 alternative song of all time and #486 of the '10s.
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"Miracle Mile" was the only single from Dear Miss Lonelyhearts, the fourth album from Cold War Kids, and it came out in 2013 with Lars Stalfors (Matt & Kim) and Dann Gallucci (Modest Mouse) producing, engineering and mixing. Richard Swift adds piano and backing vocals behind singer Nathan Willett.
Reviewers heard it as the album's high point. Paste's Philip Cosores called it a hook-heavy foot stomper, AllMusic's Heather Phares heard it fusing the polish of Mine Is Yours with the drama of Loyalty to Loyalty, and NME's Kevin Perry thrilled to the piano and cheered the band's return to the odd, quirky streak that won people over in the first place. It climbed to number 22 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, and a video followed that April.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 48 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2013 | 91 |
| 2013 | 3 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013 | 103 |
| 2013 | 82 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 of 2013 | 97 |
| 2013 | 54 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2013 | 89 |
| 2013 | 47 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2013 | 88 |
| 2013 | 46 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2013 | 103 |
| 2013 | 30 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2013 | 51 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1017 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2018 | 410 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2025 | 704 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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