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“Mountain Man” by Crash Kings

From the album Crash Kings (2009)

“Mountain Man” by Crash Kings appears on 26 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 2009 and 2014. It was first released in 2009 on the album Crash Kings. Its best result is #2 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #23 alternative song of 2010, #2,895 alternative song of all time and #90 of the '10s.

26countdowns
20stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
3top 10 finishes
2009–2014years charted

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"Mountain Man" opened the account for Crash Kings, the lead single from their self-titled 2009 debut, and it's a big, stomping thing with a howl in the chorus pitched somewhere near the summit. Tony Beliveau, Mike Beliveau and Jason Morris wrote it together, and the spark was something Tony went through on top of a mountain in Yosemite National Park.

Dave Sardy produced it, and Stephen Thomas Erlewine heard both a modern-rock remodel of the White Stripes' "My Doorbell" and an echo of Sardy's work with Wolfmother. Alternative radio bought in slowly, then completely: the song crept onto the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and sat at number one there by April 2010.

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
2009 85 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top Songs of 2009 103
2009 71 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2009 105
2009 48 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2009 96
2010 40 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2010 91
2010 18 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 68 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2010 89
2010 9 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 16 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2010 102
2010 2 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2010 99
2010 64 Channel 92.3 San Jose / San Francisco Bay Area, CA Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010 92
2010 12 FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2010 50
2010 65 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010 103
2010 34 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtunez of 2010 94
2010 2 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2010 91
2010 52 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2010 94
2010 33 KFMA Tucson, AZ KFMA Top 50 Songs of 2010 50
2010 89 89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA 89.7 The River Top 89 of 2010 89
2010 22 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010 105
2010 18 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 of 2010 50
2010 89 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2010 102
2010 74 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2010 90
2010 30 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010 95

All-time and decade countdowns

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