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“Daylight Fading” by Counting Crows

From the album Recovering the Satellites (1996)

“Daylight Fading” by Counting Crows appears on 21 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1997 and 2021. It was first released in 1996 on the album Recovering the Satellites. Its best result is #51 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #127 alternative song of 1997 and #1,752 alternative song of all time.

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#51best position
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1997–2021years charted

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"Daylight Fading" comes in third on Recovering the Satellites, the second Counting Crows album, out in the fall of 1996, and it went on to become the record's third single. Adam Duritz wrote the words, and the music is credited to Duritz along with David Bryson, Charlie Gillingham, Matt Malley, Ben Mize and Dan Vickrey.

Gil Norton produced, with Steve Churchyard and Bradley Cook recording and Michael Barbiero on the mix, and the song carries the band's rootsy ramble at a brisker clip: chiming guitars, a steady roll underneath, a vocal pushing back against the dark as it closes in. Like "Mr. Jones" and "A Long December" before it, its video landed in rotation on MTV and VH1, and the single rose to 26 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks.

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
1997 102 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 89 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101
1997 51 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 100
1997 75 KNRK Portland, OR KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 94
1997 94 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 103
1997 93 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 1825 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1827 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1831 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1818 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1797 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1797 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1795 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 630 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 641 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 661 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 681 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 701 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 732 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 766 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 639 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908

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  6. 6Semi-Charmed LifeThird Eye Blind

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