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“California” by Delta Spirit
From the album Delta Spirit (2012)
“California” by Delta Spirit appears on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2012 and 2018. It was first released in 2012 on the album Delta Spirit. Its best result is #30 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #117 alternative song of 2012.
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"California" went out as a single two months ahead of Delta Spirit's self-titled 2012 album on Rounder, and it opened doors for the band: some of their first real radio play, and a May 2012 spot on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kelly Winrich wrote it while he was living in California, about a girlfriend back on the East Coast, not long after the two of them had called it off.
You can hear the miles in it: an unhurried, open-hearted indie rock song that plays more like a wistful letter than a breakup rant. AbsolutePunk's review reckoned it caught the band at their very best. San Diego took it to heart, too. 91X made Delta Spirit its local artist of the month that May, and the station later picked the song as a Song du Jour and has kept it in occasional rotation.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 30 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2012 | 91 |
| 2012 | 46 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 42 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 46 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2012 | 107 |
| 2012 | 58 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
| 2012 | 40 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 53 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2012 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 288 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2018 | 388 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
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