Song · Courtney Barnett
“Pedestrian At Best” by Courtney Barnett
From the album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
“Pedestrian At Best” by Courtney Barnett appears on 22 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 2015 and 2026. It was first released in 2015 on the album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. Its best result is #4 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #40 alternative song of 2015.
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"Pedestrian At Best" comes from Courtney Barnett's 2015 album Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, a scrappy guitar rocker that lets Barnett's words pile up in a rush. She wrote it alone and co-produced it with Dan Luscombe and Burke Reid, who also engineered, with the two of them handling the mix.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 55 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 | 91 |
| 2015 | 68 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 8 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 63 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2015 | 88 |
| 2015 | 18 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2015 | 90 |
| 2015 | 21 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015 | 103 |
| 2015 | 63 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 | 104 |
| 2015 | 4 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 43 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 374 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 191 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 68 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2019 | 219 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 219 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2022 | 239 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 463 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 200 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 151 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 56 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 190 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 137 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 193 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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